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Fulacht fia

Ballyhoura, County Cork, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Fulacht fia, Ballyhoura, County Cork, 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
Ballyhoura
County
Cork
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
NULL
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.27436, -8.63606
SMR number
CO008-073----

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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)
  • 1882 · Ireland (southern half). (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1883 · Ireland 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1904 · Sheet 13. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

In level re-seeded pasture, c. 200m to the SSW of higher ground which is planted with coniferous trees. A large horseshoe-shaped fulacht fia was noted here in 2007 (pers. comm. Mary Sleeman). When visited in 2008, however, the mound had been levelled and only a spread of heat-shattered stones and charcoal-enriched soil surrounding a pond (4m N-S; 8m E-W) was visible. The concentration of heat-shattered stones and charcoal-enriched soil (c. 20m N-S; c. 20m E-W) is most noticeable to the NW of the pond where the grass is sparser.

The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009).

Date of upload: 22 December 2009

Nearby in the register

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

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