Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Fulacht fia
Grange (coolock By., Coolock Ed), County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Grange (coolock By., Coolock Ed)
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- SMR number
- DU015-098----
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The National Monuments Service's description
Pre-development testing in 2003 revealed the remains of a fulacht fia. This was situated in low-lying pasture at the base of a N facing slope, close to an area of persistent wetland. The site comprised three elements-an elongated pit which was clay-lined (L1.92m, Wth 0.97m, D 0.32m), a shallow sub-rectangular spread and a short linear feature thought to be a modern plough furrow. The pit was filled with heat-shattered stone and charcoal consistent with a burnt mound site. This site has been interpreted as a the remains of a ploughed-out fulacht fiadh (Elder, 2007, 92-3).
The exact location of this monument is unknown.
Compiled by: Geraldine Stout
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
References
Elder, S. D. 2006. Ballykeerogemore. Medieval? in I. Bennett (Ed.) Excavations 2003: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 530, No. 2007. Bray, Wordwell