Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burnt mound
Rathlee, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rathlee
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.27797, -9.02449
- SMR number
- SL011-144----
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
In level, lowlying damp pasture. Ground rises gradually c. 100m to S. Roughly circular mound (9.5m N–S; 10m E–W; H 0.6m at W, 0.7m at NE) composed of a dense concentration of heat-shattered stones in a matrix of dark brown/black charcoal-rich soil. The mound is marked by a covering of grass which is greener than the surrounding rush-grown pasture.
Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 31 December 2013
Nearby in the register
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- Souterrainunder 1 mi
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.