Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burnt spread
Bellanamullia (athlone South By.), County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Bellanamullia (athlone South By.)
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.42731, -8.00980
- SMR number
- RO052-028----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
On a low-lying landscape. Monitoring of a pipe trench exposed a layer of ash, charcoal and burnt soil (L 7m; T 0.1-0.9m) which was completely excavated (99E0014) and produced a C14 date of 335-290 BC (Byrne 2000, 2002).
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
References
Byrne, M.E. 2000 Monksland sewerage scheme. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 1999: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 271, No. 773. Bray. Wordwell.
Byrne, M.E. 2002 Monksland sewerage scheme. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2000: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 294, No. 861. Bray. Wordwell.
Nearby in the register
- Industrial chimneyunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- House - 16th/17th centuryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.