Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burnt mound
Treanmore (corran By.), County Sligo, Ireland
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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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 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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.