Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Fulacht fia
Killeens (cork By.), County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Killeens (cork By.)
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.91528, -8.53074
- SMR number
- CO074-004003-
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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 marshy ground, to E of stream; one of a group of three fulachta fiadha (CO074-00401-; CO074-00402-). Excavated in 1953 by O'Kelly (1954, 134-5); distinguishable prior to excavation by slight crescent-shaped mound (L 5m; H 0.25m) with opening to S. Excavation revealed an oval, unlined pit (L 1.85m; Wth 1.15m; D 0.2m) filled with the burnt material from the last cooking. According to the excavator 'a very temporary site, used perhaps five or six times in all'.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). 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
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.