Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Fulacht fia
Foulkscourt, County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Foulkscourt
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.75768, -7.56901
- SMR number
- KK008-188----
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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
One of a cluster of five fulachta fia (see also KK008-165----, KK008-166-----, KK008-189----) and three burnt mounds (KK008-190----, KK008-191----, KK008-192----) excavated in 2006 in advance of construction of the M8/N8 Cullahill to Cashel Road Improvement Scheme (Excavation licence no. E2391). An irregularly shaped mound (diam. c. 5.14m; D 0.06-0.13m) composed of compacted silty clay with occasional burnt stone and charcoal. An oval pit (L 1.62m; Wth 1.23m; D 0.52m) beneath the mound contained three fills. A charcoal sample from the pit returned a radiocarbon date of 1730-1510 cal BC (Poz-26676). (Hardy 2009, 261-2, no. 1023; Hardy and Green 2009, Site D)
Compiled by: Mary Tunney
Date of upload: 9 October 2013
References
Hardy, C. 2009 AR49, Foulkscourt. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2006: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 261-2, no. 1023. Dublin. Wordwell.
Hardy, C. and Green, B. 2009 M8/N8 Cullahill to Cashel Road Improvement Scheme: Archaeological Resolution. Final report. Ministerial Direction: A027/000 Registration No.: E2391 Site AR 49, Foulkscourt Townland, Co Kilkenny. Unpublished excavation report submitted to the National Monuments Service, Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Dublin.
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