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Fulacht fia

Aughinida, County Cork, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Fulacht fia, Aughinida, 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
Aughinida
County
Cork
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
NULL
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
51.93788, -8.91312
SMR number
CO060-209----

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

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The National Monuments Service's description

This fulacht fia was discovered during topsoil stripping in advance of the construction of an ESB substation and was excavated in 2000. Prior to excavation it was described as a slightly raised grass-covered oval mound (c. 40m SE-NW; 10.4m NW-SE) with gorse buses growing on it. Excavation revealed that the mound (max. H 0.5m) consisted of two main deposits of heat-shattered stones and charcoal-enriched soil. A stone-lined trough (1.8m N-S; 1.6m E-W; D 0.4m) was revealed at the W edge of the mound. An arc of stake-holes, open to the N, was also found to the E of the trough. A circular pit (1.6m E-W; 1.2m N-S; D 0.45m) filled with clay with frequent inclusions of fire-cracked stones was found to the N of the mound. (Larsson 2004, 54)

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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