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Fulacht fia

Glendonnell, County Kilkenny, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Fulacht fia, Glendonnell, 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
Glendonnell
County
Kilkenny
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.35941, -7.16540
SMR number
KK040-097----

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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

Situated N of a stream in pasture. Excavated in 2007 in advance of the N9/N10 Kilcullen to Waterford road improvement scheme (Licence no. E3386). A subcircular pit (L 3.1m; Wth 2m; max. D 0.1m) oriented E-W with partial stone lining along the E edge. The fill comprised a black, loose sandy clay with frequent inclusions of charcoal and small heat-shattered angular stones. A sample from the pit yielded a date of 1056-923 cal BC (UBA-10490). Two smaller undated pits were located c. 10m to the E. (Monteith 2010a, 246, no. 925; 2010b)

Compiled by: Mary Tunney

Date of upload: 3 December 2013

References

Monteith, J. 2010a Glendonnell. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2007: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 246, no. 925. Dublin. Wordwell.

Monteith, J. 2010b N9/N10 Kilcullen to Waterford Scheme: Waterford to Knocktopher – Phase 2. Final report. Ministerial Direction: A032/000. Registration No. E3386. Unpublished report submitted to the National Monuments Service, Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Dublin.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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