Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Fulacht fia
Curraheen (Cork By., Inishkenny Par.), County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Curraheen (Cork By., Inishkenny Par.)
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.87441, -8.57102
- SMR number
- CO073-134----
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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 (8m N-S; 7.5m E-W; D 0.03m) of heat-shattered stones and charcoal-enriched soil was discovered during archaeological testing in advance of the construction of the N22 Ballincollig Bypass and was excavated in 2002. The spread was in a flat marshy area c. 10m N of the Maglin River and excavation revealed that much of its original extent had been removed during agricultural activities and had become incorporated into the topsoil. A subcircular pit (2.35m x 2.1m; D 0.45m) was found beneath the spread. It contained a primary fill of heat-shattered stones and charcoal-enriched soil and a secondary fill consisting of a mix of re-deposited subsoil and heat-shattered stones and charcoal-enriched soil. A group of fulachtaí fia and burnt mounds (CO073-137----, CO073-139----, CO073-140----, CO073-141----, CO073-142----, CO073-143----) c. 180m to the NE were also discovered and excavated in the course of the same road scheme. (Danaher 2002b; Danaher 2004g, 76, Curraheen 2)
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
- Habitation siteunder 1 mi
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
- Excavation - miscellaneousunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.