Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Fulacht fia
Earlsrath, County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Earlsrath
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.38698, -7.17160
- SMR number
- KK040-094----
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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid 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
Located beside a stream. Excavated in 2007 in advance of the N9/N10 Kilcullen to Waterford road improvement scheme (Licence no. E3391, E3645). An isolated earth-cut trough 20m NE of a fulacht fia (KK040-093----). The trough (2.2m E-W; 1.7m N-S; D 0.61m) was roughly oval in plan with sloping sides and a flattish base and it was filled with tightly compacted charcoal and heat-shattered sandstone. Two other fulachta fia (KK040-091---- and KK040-092----) were excavated in the same area. (Wren 2010a; 2010b, 243-4, 916)
Compiled by: Mary Tunney
Date of upload: 27 November 2013
References
Wren, J. 2010a N9/N10 Kilcullen to Waterford Scheme: Waterford to Knocktopher – Phase 2. Dunkitt to Sheepstown townlands, Co. Kilkenny. Final report. Ministerial Direction: A032/000. Registration No.: E3645 Site UTA4, Earslrath/Ballylusky Townland. Unpublished report submitted to the National Monuments Service, Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Dublin.
Wren, J. 2010b Untested Area 4, Earlsrath/Ballylusky. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2007: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 243-4, no. 916. Bray. Wordwell.
Nearby in the register
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Furnaceunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.