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Fulacht fia

Laughanstown, County Dublin, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Fulacht fia, Laughanstown, 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
Laughanstown
County
Dublin
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.24368, -6.15301
SMR number
DU026-164----

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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

This fulacht fia was situated on a SW-facing sloping grassland represented as marshy ground on OS 19th century maps; this land was reclaimed in the late 19th/early 20th century. The site was discovered in the course of monitoring topsoil stripping in 2003 (License number 03E1370) the remains consisted of a burnt mound (16.6m N-S by 27.5m E-W; max. H 0.3m) composed of black silty clay with frequent inclusions of charcoal and heat-cracked stone. The mound contained a trough (1.6m x 0.8m; depth 0.4m). The monument was covered over and preserved in situ. A second burnt mound (DU026-164----) was discovered c. 95m to the NW (pers. comm. Melanie McQuade, 26 November 2014).

Compiled by: Paul Walsh

Date of upload: 28 November 2014

Nearby in the register

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

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