Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Fulacht fia
Gortnalahagh, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Gortnalahagh
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.69803, -8.49118
- SMR number
- LI006-101----
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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
In gently undulating pasture, c. 1.5km to SE of the River Shannon. Not depicted on OS historic mapping. Identified by Tracy Collins in 2006 during test trenching (Ministerial Direction Order A026/170, NRA Reg. E2323) prior to the construction of the Southern Limerick Ring-Road and excavated in the same year by Aidan Harte as part of Gortnalahagh Site 2 (Harte 2011, 4). The remains of this fulacht fiadh (27m x 17.3m; D 0.2m) consisted of a spread of burnt material which and covered five troughs, three of which were conjoined (Harte 2011, 4). Radiocarbon dating of the site confirmed an Early to Middle Bronze Age date.
See attached location plan from excavation report.
Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly
Date of upload: 2 July 2020
References
Harte, A. 2009 Gortnalahagh: Fulacht fiadh and well. In I. Bennett (Ed.) Excavations 2006: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 326, No. 1267. Bray. Wordwell.
Harte, A. 2011 N7 Nenagh to Limerick high quality dual carriageway: Archaeological resolution project, Gortnalahagh Site 3. Licence No. A026/169, E2322. Final excavation report. Unpublished report submitted to the National Monuments Service, Department of Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs, Dublin.
Nearby in the register
- Pitunder 1 mi
- Excavation - miscellaneousunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.