Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burnt mound
Garranbaun, County Waterford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Garranbaun
- County
- Waterford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.12358, -7.56142
- SMR number
- WA031-016002-
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 towards the crest of the S-facing slope of an NW-SE ridge or spur at the S end of the Monavullagh Mountains. Marked as a fulacht fia on the National Museum of Ireland set of the 1840 OS 6-inch map, it is not visible at ground level. The possible burnt mound (WA031-016001-) is c. 40m to the S.
Compiled by: Michael Moore. Date of upload: 25th August, 2011.
Nearby in the register
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
- Hilltop enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.