Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burnt mound
Cleaveragh Demesne, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cleaveragh Demesne
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.25930, -8.44618
- SMR number
- SL014-299----
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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 parkland on the SE side of Sligo Town, located at the edge of a grassy expanse bordered to E by woodland.
This burnt mound was discovered in 2008 during archaeological test-trenching in advance of proposed development works (Hackett 2008). It was visible at ground level as a semi-circular area at the edge of treeline cover. Excavation of the test trench (19 E & F) revealed a concentration (10 x 15m; D 0.3m) of heat-shattered stones (limestone and some sandstone) and charcoal. There is another burnt mound (SL014-298----) a few meters to NW. (Hackett 2008).
Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 9 July 2019
References
Hackett, L. 2008 Archaeological testing of a proposed development at Cleaveragh Demesne, Co. Sligo. Headland Archaeology Ltd. Project code: SMLW08. For Sligo Borough Council, July 2008. Excavation Licence no. 08E393. Unpublished report submitted to NMS.
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.