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Fulacht fia

Monard, County Cork, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Fulacht fia, Monard, 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
Monard
County
Cork
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
NULL
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
51.94139, -8.49425
SMR number
CO063-113----

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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

A spread (min. dims. 15m x 10m) of heat-shattered stones and charcoal-enriched soil was discovered during monitoring of topsoil stripping along the route of the Caherbeg-Ballincollig Bord Gáis Éireann pipeline and excavated in 1999. Excavation revealed a rectangular straight-sided trough (2.1m E-W; 1.8m N-S; D 0.65m), the base of which sloped slightly down to the N. The trough was filled with a deposit (D 0.15-0.2m) of silt and heat-shattered stones which was in turn sealed by 0.4m of heat-shattered stones and charcoal in a loose soil. No evidence of any lining for the trough was found. A shallow horseshoe-shaped cut (1.85m x 1.25m; D 0.25m) with some possible kerb stones, which lay immediately to the E of the trough was interpreted as the remains of a hearth. Another fulacht fia (CO063-056----) lies c. 180m to the SE. (Coughlan 2000c, 33-4; 2000d)

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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