Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Fulacht fia
Grange Upper, County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Grange Upper
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.59943, -7.04166
- SMR number
- KK025-018----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
University Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid 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
On the N bank of a stream, in pasture. Listed by Prendergast (1955, 10) as a fulacht fia. Satellite imagery (Digitalglobe 2011-2013 and OS Orth Aerial Premium 2013-2018) indicates that the land has subsequently been reclaimed.
References
Prendergast, E. 1955 Pre-historic cooking places in Webbsborough district. Old Kilkenny Review 8, 1-10.
Nearby in the register
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Road - road/trackwayunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.