Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Fulacht fia
Fermoy , County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Fermoy
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.12965, -8.26031
- SMR number
- CO035-111001-
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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
On level ground, c. 100m W of a stream. This fulacht fia was excavated in 2003 in advance of the construction of the N8 Rathcormac-Fermoy Bypass. Excavation revealed a spread (c. 12m x 10m; max. D 0.25m) of heat-shattered stones and charcoal-enriched soil much disturbed by modern field drains which extended across the spread in a NE-SW direction. Beneath the spread was a rectangular timber-lined trough (2.5m x 1.6m; D 0.37m) and immediately to the NW of it was a hearth consisting of a setting of stones. Two pits filled with burnt material were also uncovered. (O'Neill 2005, 1-47; 2006j, 60, Fermoy 4)
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
- Habitation siteunder 1 mi
- Excavation - miscellaneousunder 1 mi
- Excavation - miscellaneousunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.