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Fulacht fia

Knockawillin (Duhallow By., Clonfert Par.), County Cork, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Fulacht fia, Knockawillin (Duhallow By., Clonfert Par.), 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
Knockawillin (Duhallow By., Clonfert Par.)
County
Cork
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
NULL
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.25642, -8.93239
SMR number
CO015-155----

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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)
  • 1883 · Ireland 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

In boggy ground, planted with coniferous trees. Discovered when cultivation trench (Wth 1.3m; D 0.7m) bisected mound and partially destroyed wooden trough. Excavated September/October 1991 by J. O'Shaughnessy (1992a, 7). Excavation revealed roughly oval mound of burnt material (15m x 13m; max. H 0.5m) with central trough (Wth 1.2m; max. D 0.3m; long axis NE-SW). Trough pit rectangular and steep-sided; base lined with four oak planks; sides with combination of planks and thin narrow timbers; SW end of trough destroyed by cultivation trench (surviving L 1.4m). Side planks held in position by stakes and stone slabs. Closely spaced slabs provided stepping-stone access to trough from NW. Hearth with clay base (1.2m x 1.2m) directly opposite SW end of trough; partially covered by dense layer of charcoal extending towards trough. Two adjacent stake-holes.
Stone pathway (L 9m) extended from NW edge of mound westwards towards firmer ground. Two secondary features of unknown function also uncovered. Pit (Wth 2.2m; D 0.3m), immediately E of hearth, visible in section face of cultivation trench, filled with mound material; not excavated. Rectilinear pit-like feature (1.6m x 1m) 1m NE of trough was truncated by cultivation trench; narrow gully or drain extended from E end. No artefacts recovered. Samples taken from trough timbers were dendrochronologically dated to 1513± 9BC (QUB) (pers. comm. J. O'Shaughnessy).

The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.

Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

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

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