Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burnt mound
Tanrego West, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Tanrego West
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.22969, -8.62257
- SMR number
- SL019-207----
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
Situated in marshy ground at the base of the E-facing slope of a low ridge. A low circular mound (diam. c. 15m; H 0.5m) is evident at the interface of the wet ground and the dry rising slope. In the section face of a modern NE-SW drain, which clips the N edge of the mound, a layer (D 1m) of burnt stone and charcoal is exposed.
Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 12 May 2011
Nearby in the register
- Field systemunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.