Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burnt mound
Carrowgilpatrick, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carrowgilpatrick
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.22802, -8.64960
- SMR number
- SL019-212001-
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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
Located in level, marshy ground at the base of a steep ESE-facing slope which forms the W side of a NE-SW valley. One of a series of fulachtaí fia and burnt mounds which occur over a distance of c. 1.5km along the flat-bottomed valley. An irregular-shaped mound (max. dim. 11.8m ENE-WSW) composed of shattered sandstone within a charcoal matrix. It is highest (H 0.6m) at W with lower extensions at E and SE. The irregular plan and uneven surface of the mound are probably the result of disturbance. A second burnt mound (SL019-212002-) is located 8m to SSW.
Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 12 May 2011
Nearby in the register
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.