Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burnt mound
Derrylehan, County Sligo, Ireland
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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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1869 "Ireland." (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
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Cross-slabunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.