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Fulacht fia

Peafield, County Limerick, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Fulacht fia, Peafield, County Limerick, 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
Peafield
County
Limerick
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not shown
Coordinates
52.64961, -8.56001
SMR number
LI005-105----

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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)
  • 1904 · Sheet 13. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

In former pasture under the Limerick Southern Ring Road 20m from the townland boundary with Ballysimon. The excavation of a levelled fulacht fia under licence No. 01E0484, identified during monitoring of topsoil stripping, was undertaken prior to the construction of the Limerick Southern Ring Road in June 2001 (Collins 2001; Collins 2003, 242-3). The site was noted as a spread of burnt material (dims. 10m by 8m) centred on a trough feature. The sub-rectangular trough contained the trace of one timber, 1.43m in length, in a very poor state of preservation. Two modern drains were cut into the fulacht fia mound; both were filled with burnt stone. It appeared that the fulacht fia had been levelled during localised land reclamation (Collins 2003, 242-3).

Compiled by: Edmond O’Donovan

Date of upload: 15 July 2020

References

Collins T. 2001 Archaeological Excavation of a Fulacht Fiadh at Peafield, County Limerick found during the Limerick Southern Ring Road archaeological monitoring project, Archaeological Licence Ref: 01E0484, unpublished archaeological report submitted to the National Monuments Service 11/07/2001 by Ægis Archaeology Ltd.

Collins, T. 2003 Peafield: Fulacht fiadh. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2001: summary accounts of excavations in Ireland, 242-3, No. 792. Dublin. Wordwell.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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