Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Fulacht fia
Teadies Upper, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Teadies Upper
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.74666, -8.91635
- SMR number
- CO109-092----
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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 pasture, on a S-facing slope. A spread (15.2m E-W; 8m N-S; D 0.3m) of heat-shattered stones and charcoal-enriched soil was exposed during topsoil stripping in advance of the construction of the Ballincollig-Ballineen gas pipeline and was excavated in 2000. A spread of stones which was uncovered on the E side of the spread was interpreted as a dump of raw material for the water-heating process. A subrectangular/elliptical pit (2.54m E-W; 1.75m N-S; D 0.6m) was found towards the N edge of the spread. It had steep sides and a flat base and was predominantly filled with heat-shattered stones and charcoal-enriched soil. The base and sides of the pit were lined with combined layers of charcoal and a grey silt. The pit was interpreted as the trough of the fulacht fia, and was possibly lined with wicker or a wattle and clay mix. (Tobin 2001; 2002f, 52-3)
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
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.