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Fulacht fia

Moneyatta Commons, County Dublin, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Fulacht fia, Moneyatta Commons, County Dublin, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Moneyatta Commons
County
Dublin
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
NULL
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.27901, -6.44239
SMR number
DU021-094----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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)
  • 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. C. Kon: Ireland. a. Prov: Leinster. Counties: 1-12 (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

Archaeological monitoring of a housing site in 2001 revealed a badly destroyed trough of a fulacht fiadh. The trough (L1.56m, Wth 1.5m, D 0.27m) contained heat shattered sandstones. Analysis of the charcoal revealed the presence of alder , ash, holly and elm (Doyle 2003, 138).

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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