Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Fulacht fia
Maglin, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Maglin
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Fulacht Fiadh (1939)
- Coordinates
- 51.87420, -8.57808
- SMR number
- CO073-065----
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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
In reclaimed pasture, to N of stream. Shown on 1939 OS 6-inch map as mound. Spread of burnt material noted.
See Excavations 2002, 83. Archaeological test trenching was carried out to determine the extent of this fulacht fia in advance of the construction of the Ballincolig bypass. Its maximum measurements were determined as 19m E-W by 18m N-S. This fulacht fia was not excavated and it remains in situ.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
Nearby in the register
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Country houseunder 1 mi
- Kiln - limeunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.