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Fulacht fia

Sraghgaddy, County Kilkenny, Ireland

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Townland
Sraghgaddy
County
Kilkenny
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.65606, -7.05739
SMR number
KK020-026001-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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

Indicated as an area of marshy terrain on the 1st ed. OS map with a stream running NW-SE through the area. By the 1900 revision a railway line, running NE-SW, has cut through the area. According to O'Kelly (1969, 86), 'Fulachta Fiadh were uncovered here in 1959 near the railway during Land Project drainage operations'. Prendergast (1955, 10) includes in a list of 'Fulacht fiadh sites in Co. Kilkenny ...recorded in 1955...Shraghgaddy townland, Gowran bar. 6" Sheet 20, approx. 22cm from North. 1 cm from East. At least six sites'. These are collected recorded under the SMR number KK020-026---- and each of the individual fulacht fia also assigned a separate SMR number: KK020-026001-; KK020-026002-; KK020-026003-; Kk020-026004-; KK020-026005- and KK020-026006-. Though these fulacht fia have not been individually located, a circular mound (diam. c. 25m) is visible on a satellite image (Digitalglobe, viewed 24 November 2020) in this area which may be one of the fulacht fia.

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KK020-026001-_01 Digitalglobe image, viewed 24 November 2020

Compiled by: Jean Farrelly

Date of upload: 24 November 2020

References

Prendergast, E. 1955 Pre-historic cooking places in Webbsborough district. Old Kilkenny Review 8, 1-10.

O'Kelly, O. 1969 (Reissue 1985) The place-names of County Kilkenny. Kilkenny.

Nearby in the register

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

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