Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Fulacht fia
Thomondtown, County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Thomondtown
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 53.50631, -6.20196
- SMR number
- DU008-068----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1799 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
A fulacht fiadh with a burnt mound was identified during monitoring of the Airport-Balbriggan Bypass. This consisted of a single trough filled with heat shattered stones and charcoal-enriched soil (Lynch 2004, 190).
Compiled by: Geraldine Stout
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
References
Lynch, P.W. 2004 Woodpark fulacht fiadh. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2002: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 191. Bray. Wordwell.
Lynch, L. 2004 Teernaboul. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2002: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 223. Bray. Wordwell.
Lynch, P. 2003 Final report, Discovery and preservation in situ, Site 7, Richardstown, Airport-Balbriggan By-Pass Contract 2, Northern Motorway, Co. Dublin (Licence no. 02E050). Unpublished report. National Monuments Service, Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht.
Lynch, P. 2003a Final report: Discovery and preservation in situ, Site 16, Corduffhall, Airport-Balbriggan By-Pass Contract 2, Northern Motorway, Co. Dublin (Licence no. 02E038). Unpublished report. National Monuments Service, Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht.
Nearby in the register
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Field systemunder 1 mi
- Burialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.