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Fulacht fia

Parsonstown (Celbridge ED), County Kildare, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Fulacht fia, Parsonstown, County Kildare, 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
Parsonstown (Celbridge ED)
County
Kildare
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.35404, -6.50954
SMR number
KD011-062----

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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

Discovered during soil stripping in advance of a large commercial development and subsequently archaeologically excavated (Gracie 1995 Excavation Licence No. 95E0264). A small rectangular spread of loose black silt and firmer black, clayey silt (3m E-W; 2.5m N-S) contained burnt stones and occasional charcoal fragments. To the S, a second larger spread of black material occurred (12m N-S; 10m E-W), and overlay a small pit at W which contained deposits of burnt stone. Three similar pits were found in the vicinity.

Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy

Date of upload: 16 January 2013

References

Gracie, C. 1995 Archaeological Investigations Hewlett Packard, Leixlip, Co. Kildare. Unpublished report, National Monuments Service, Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Dublin.

Nearby in the register

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

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