Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Fulacht fia
Ballinaspig More , County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballinaspig More
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.87418, -8.52559
- SMR number
- CO074-129----
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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
This fulacht fia was discovered during archaeological test-trenching undertaken in advance of the construction of the N22 Ballincollig Bypass. Excavation in 2001 revealed a spread (8m x 2m; max. D 0.2m) of heat-shattered stones and charcoal-enriched soil. Underneath this spread was a subrectangular flat-based pit (2.5m x 2m; max. D 0.4m) with gently sloping sides which probably functioned as a trough. (Murphy 2003c, 26)
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
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
- Kiln - limeunder 1 mi
- Pit-burialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.