Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burnt spread
Bennettsbridge (shillelogher By.), County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Bennettsbridge (shillelogher By.)
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- SMR number
- KK024-088----
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The National Monuments Service's description
William Hackett in 1854 (1854-5, 60-1), describing, crescent-shaped 'heaps of charcoal', probably fulachta fia, mentions, 'some nearly erased heaps in a field near Bennett's-bridge'. The precise location of these burnt spreads near Bennettsbridge is unknown.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 11 October 2021
References
Hackett, W. 1854-5 Proceedings and transcations. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, vol. 3, 59-61.
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