Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Fulacht fia
Portraine Demesne, County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Portraine Demesne
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 53.48505, -6.11456
- SMR number
- DU012-096----
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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
This monument was subject to geophysical survey (Licence no. 08R029) and excavation (Licence no. 10E0121) in advance of the Portrane, Donabate and Lusk Waste Water Treatment scheme. Located on low-lying ground this monument consisted of an oval trough (1.6m x 1.23m, 0.4m deep) filled by charcoal rich silty clay with a high frequency of fire cracked stone. A sample of hazel charcoal returned an Early Bronze age date, 2272-2037 cal. BC. The burnt mound material associated with the fulacht fia survived as three thin spreads c. 3.3m N of the trough (McQuade 2011, 24).
Compiled by: Christine Baker
Date of upload: 5 February 2015
References
McQuade, M. 2011 Final report on archaeological monitoring and excavation, Portrane, Donabate and Lusk Waste Water Treatment Scheme (Licence no. 10E0121). Unpublished report. National Monuments Service, Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht.
Nearby in the register
- Pitunder 1 mi
- Habitation siteunder 1 mi
- House - Bronze Ageunder 1 mi
- House - 16th/17th centuryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.