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Fulacht fia

Danesfort, County Kilkenny, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Fulacht fia, Danesfort, County Kilkenny, 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
Danesfort
County
Kilkenny
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.57014, -7.23420
SMR number
KK023-139----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1911 · Sheet 14, 1911 (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)

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The National Monuments Service's description

On the S slopes of a gentle U-shaped valley. Excavated in advance of the N9/N10 Kilcullen to Waterford road improvement scheme (Licence no. E3540). A mound of burnt material (14.35m by 13.8m; D 0.57m) covering two troughs, a large pit, a small structure and c. 30 small pits. The large pit (2.75m by 1.8m by 0.75m) was filled with burnt mound material with a dump of limestone blocks at its base. A small structure made up of two rows of four post-holes was 5m E of the large pit. A waterhole (4m x 4m; D 2m) filled with grey silts and frequent stone blocks lay immediately N of the mound. Two phases of activity were present - one in the Bronze Age and one in the Iron Age. Radiocarbon samples returned dates of 2464-2214 cal BC (UBA-12186) for Trough 1, 2116-1893 (UBA-15553) cal BC for the waterhole and 744-407 cal BC (UBA-11000) for Trough 2. It is possible that these remains represent a bathing place. (Jennings 2010, 237-8, no. 897; Jennings and Coughlan 2012)

Compiled by: Mary Tunney

Date of upload: 13 November 2013

References

Jennings, R. 2010 AR078, Danesfort. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2007: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 237-8, no. 897. Bray. Wordwell.

Jennings, R. and Coughlan, T. 2012 N9/N10 Kilcullen to Waterford scheme, Phase 4 – Knocktopher to Powerstown. Final report. E3540. Danesfort. Unpublished report submitted to the 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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