Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Fulacht fia
Castletown (galmoy By.), County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Castletown (galmoy By.)
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.79814, -7.60059
- SMR number
- KK003-043----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
On level ground in a low-lying plain of the River Gaul. Discovered during the monitoring of the construction of a third tailings pond at Galmoy Mines in 2006 (Excavation licence no. 06E0298). An area (c. 18m x 19m) of burnt stones and ash deposits surrounding a central trough that sat within a bowl-shaped depression. Numerous satellite features were also found. The monument was preserved in situ under a layer of geotextile, a layer of hardcore and topsoil. Another fulacht fia (KK003-044----) was discovered c. 35 m to the NW. (O’Connor 2006; 2009, no. 1006, 256)
Compiled by: Mary Tunney
Date of upload: 30 September 2013
References
O'Connor, J. 2009 Galmoy Mines, Castletown. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2006: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 256, no. 1006. Bray. Wordwell.
O'Connor, J. 2006 Archaeological monitoring of groundworks at Galmoy Mines, Castletown, Co. Kilkenny. Archaeological Development Services. Unpublished excavation report submitted to the National Monuments Service, Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Dublin.
Nearby in the register
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.