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Fulacht fia

Ballinaspig More , County Cork, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Fulacht fia, Ballinaspig More, 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
Ballinaspig More
County
Cork
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
NULL
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
51.87384, -8.54434
SMR number
CO073-111----

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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 (9.72m E-W; 7.08m N-S; D 0.28m) of heat-shattered stones and charcoal-enriched soil was discovered during archaeological monitoring in advance of the construction of the N22 Ballincollig Bypass and was excavated in 2002. Excavation revealed a sub-oval trough (1.78m E-W; 0.77m N-S; D 0.7m), the base of which was cut into a natural gravel layer. A layer of sand on the base of the trough may have been a platform for some type of waterproof lining. A NE-SW linear alignment of stake-holes, possibly the remains of a screen, was found along the periphery of the spread. A further cluster of stake-holes to the NW did not form any discernible pattern. A metalled surface was also found, partly overlying the trough. Another fulacht fia (CO073-112----) lies c. 70m to the SE. A Bronze Age building (CO073-114----) and numerous miscellaneous excavated features (CO073-117----) lie c. 230m to the SE. (Danaher and Cagney 2003; Danaher 2004j, 56)

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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