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
- 51.87599, -8.57126
- SMR number
- CO073-136----
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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
Three oval pits filled with heat-shattered stones and charcoal-enriched soil and one small deposit of heat-shattered stones and charcoal-enriched soil were identified during archaeological monitoring in advance of the construction of the N22 Ballincollig Bypass and were excavated in 2002. The deposit (L 0.22m; Wth 0.2m; T 0.09m) was oval in shape. Pit 1 (L 0.91m; Wth 0.59m; D 0.14m) had sloping sides and a flat base. Pit 2 (L 1.43m; Wth 1.2m; D 0.07m) also had sloping sides and a flat base. It was found 0.7m to the SE of pit 1. Pit 3 (L 1m; Wth 0.52m; D 0.17m) had sloping sides and a concave base. It was found c. 3m S of pit 2 and had been partially cut by a field drain. A charcoal sample from the base of pit 1 was dated to the Iron Age (185 cal. BC - AD 85 cal.). A fulacht fia (CO073-135----) c. 60m to the N was also excavated. (Russell 2004b, 77, site 2; Russell 2004e, 1-54)
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
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Habitation siteunder 1 mi
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.