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Burnt mound

Derrylehan, County Sligo, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Burnt mound, Derrylehan, County Sligo, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Derrylehan
County
Sligo
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
54.39786, -8.45583
SMR number
SL005-196----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1869 map "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1904 · Sheet 4. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1922 · Ireland - northern section. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

In pasture, located on a slight N–facing slope, at the interface between gently rising dry ground to SE and a flat expanse of rush-grown damp ground which extends to NW.
A very low, barely discernible subcircular grass-covered rise (11-12m E–W; c. 12m N–S; H 0.3m at N) composed of black, charcoal-rich soil and angular stone fragments. The mound appears to have been partly levelled in the past; the N arc can be clearly traced, as it is enhanced by a slight natural fall of ground, but at SE–S the mound grades seamlessly into the surrounding ground, and its exact limits are uncertain.
A fulacht fia (SL005-197----) and a possible burnt mound (SL005-198----) are located 120m and 140m to SW, respectively. There is a church (SL005-061001-) and graveyard (SL005-061002-) 50m upslope to SSE.

Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy

Date of upload: 28 May 2019

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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