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Fulacht fia

Brenanstown, County Dublin, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Fulacht fia, Brenanstown, 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
Brenanstown
County
Dublin
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.25690, -6.14963
SMR number
DU026-159----

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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)
  • 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

Pre-development archaeological testing in 2003 revealed a fulacht fiadh (diam. c. 8-10m) on the E side of a stream (Elder 2003, 107).

Compiled by: Geraldine Stout and Padraig Clancy.

Revised upload on: 26 May 2018.

References

Elder, S. 2003 Kerloge. Prehistoric. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2001: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 403, No. 1305. Bray. Wordwell.

Nearby in the register

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

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