Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Fulacht fia
Balally, County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Balally
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.27021, -6.23282
- SMR number
- DU022-110----
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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
During monitoring of topsoil on the South-Eastern Motorway a fulacht fiadh was identified. Located on a gentle slope at the foot of the Dublin Mountains near a stream. Comprised aspread of dark soil which covered a hearth and a large circular pit. Beside the hearth was a large circular pit surrounded by a ring of stake holes and a rectlinear pit which was lines with wooden planks. Finds from the site include a small quantity of lithic debitage (O' Drisceoil, 2004, 121).
Nearby in the register
- Linear earthworkunder 1 mi
- Ecclesiastical enclosureunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.