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Burnt mound

Treanmore (Corran By.), County Sligo, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Burnt mound, Treanmore, County Sligo, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Treanmore (Corran By.)
County
Sligo
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
54.06649, -8.42986
SMR number
SL040-253----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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)
  • 1922 · Ireland - northern section. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Located on the W bank of a stream, in a shallow, boggy, rush-grown valley at the foot of the NE side of Kesh Corann. A passage tomb (SL040-006001-) crowns the top of a steep-sided hill which rises immediately to W of the stream. There is a rath (SL040-007----) 100m to SE on the low ridge that borders the E side of the stream.
A layer of burnt stone in dark soil with charcoal inclusions is exposed in section immediately beneath the sod line in the W bank of the N-flowing stream. The nature and extent of the layer is uncertain as it is visible only along a short section (L 1m) of the stream edge which has been eroded by cattle. A slight rise in ground level (L 2-3m N-S; Wth 1-1.5m) is evident in a narrow strip parallel to the stream, but it is not possible to trace the original limits/outline of the possible burnt mound. A small deposit of burnt stone is also exposed in the E bank of the stream.

Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy

Date of upload: 26 November 2019

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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