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Fulacht fia

Fermoy , County Cork, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Fulacht fia, Fermoy, 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
Fermoy
County
Cork
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
NULL
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.13637, -8.26139
SMR number
CO035-129----

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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)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (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

On the summit of a hill, to the N of a spring well. A mound (13m E-W; 12m N-S; max. D 0.3m) of heat-shattered stones and charcoal-enriched soil was discovered during archaeological testing in advance of the construction of the N8 Rathcormac-Fermoy Bypass and was excavated in 2003. Excavation revealed three successive subrectangular inter-cutting troughs associated with the mound. The main fill of the earliest trough has been radiocarbon dated to 2400-2140 cal. BC. A large concentration of at least 40 pits and stake-holes occurred under the mound. The pits had average dimensions of 0.4m x 0.3m x 0.15m and contained charcoal-flecked clay fills. Many of the pits contained stones at their bases and the excavator notes that they may have been post-holes though but no pattern was discernible to suggest the presence of a house or other structure. Two other fulachtaí fia (CO035-130----, CO035-131----) lay c. 10m to the SW and c. 15m to the E, respectively. (O'Connell 2006h, 59, Burnt Mound 1; 2006i, 63-4)

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

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

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