Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burnt mound
Coumaraglinmountain, County Waterford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Coumaraglinmountain
- County
- Waterford
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.18585, -7.61356
- SMR number
- WA023-066081-
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 on a NW-facing slope in the valley of the upper Araglin river. A slight grass-covered rise (dims. c. 20m N-S; c. 15m E-W; H c. 0.3m) composed of burnt and broken stone in a black matrix (D 0.3m) which was exposed in a pipe trench during 1996.
This monument forms part of the national monument complex at Coumaraglinmountain (National Monuments (Preservation) Order No. 4 of 1996).
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Waterford' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload/revision: 6 May 2011
Nearby in the register
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.