Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Fulacht fia
Glashare, County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Glashare
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.78987, -7.52057
- SMR number
- KK008-173----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
This record in the National Monuments Service's Historic Environment Viewer ↗
The National Monuments Service's description
Excavated in 2006 in advance of the M8/N8 Cullahill to Cashel Road Improvement Scheme (Excavation licence no. E2394, Area 2, Site B). A mound (20m x 12m; D 0.3m) composed of compact black sandy silt with frequent angular heat-shattered stones and charcoal. Beneath the centre of the mound was a subrectangular feature (L 3.7m; Wth 1.4m; D 0.25m) truncated at E and W by drains. Another fulacht fia (KK008-174----) lies c. 20m to the NE. (Moriarty 2008, 194, no. 790; Hardy and Green 2009; Hardy 2009, 262, no. 1026)
Compiled by: Mary Tunney
Date of upload: 9 October 2013
References
Hardy, C. 2009 Site AR55 to AR57, Glashare. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2006: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 262, no. 1026. Dublin. Wordwell.
Moriarty, C. 2008 Glashare. Burnt mound. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2005: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 194, no. 790. Dublin. Wordwell.
Hardy, C. and Green, B. 2009 M8/N8 Cullahill to Cashel Road Improvement Scheme. Archaeological Resolution. Final Report. E2394 Site AR 55 – 57, Glashare, Kilkenny. Unpublished excavation report submitted to the National Monuments Service, Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Dublin.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
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
- Kilnunder 1 mi
- Buildingunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.