Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burnt mound
Tobernaveen, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Tobernaveen
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.26232, -8.51359
- SMR number
- SL014-278----
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 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)
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The National Monuments Service's description
Located in low-lying, damp, rush-grown pasture, adjacent to a NNW-SSE drain/stream. This burnt mound was exposed during land reclamation in 2006. It appeared as a discrete concentration (diam. c. 3m) of angular stone fragments in charcoal-rich soil, partly obscured by upcast from the drain. A slight rise (diam. c. 8m) in surrounding ground level may indicate the original limits of the mound. Another burnt mound (SL014-278----) is located 20m to S, and there is a Holy Well (SL014-106) c. 75m to SSE.
Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 22 July 2015
Nearby in the register
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Barrow - bowl-barrowunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.