Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Fulacht fia
Staffordstown, County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Staffordstown
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 53.49188, -6.20315
- SMR number
- DU012-069----
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1799 map "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1841 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
A fulacht fiadh with associated burnt-mound was identified during monitoring on the Airport-Balbriggan Bypass. It consisted of two adjacent troughs and a single hearth. The base of the hearth contained intensely burnt subsoil (Lynch 2004, 188).
Compiled by: Geraldine Stout
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
References
Lynch, P.S. 2004 Staffordstown fulacht fiadh. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2002: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 188. Bray. Wordwell.
Nearby in the register
- Barrow - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.