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Fulacht fia

Ballyvareen, County Limerick, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Fulacht fia, Ballyvareen, 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
Ballyvareen
County
Limerick
Country
Ireland
Coordinates
52.62352, -8.80391
SMR number
LI012-147----

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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

Excavated by Mary Henry (06E1100 ext.) who described it as 'located south of the centre of the field, near the western site boundary, one fulacht measured 22m north–south by 14m wide and 0.35m thick. It comprised a dark-brown/black sandy clay with frequent to abundant fist-sized pieces of sandstone. A number of straight-sided furrows cut through this feature on various alignments, which have had a serious physical impact upon the monument. On a north–south alignment and cutting through the western extent of the fulacht was a modern sewer line. The cut measured 0.3m wide and was filled with chippings protecting a pipe.' This description is posted on the web at the following internet address (accessed 3 August 2012): http://www.excavations.ie/

Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of Upload: 3 August 2012

Nearby in the register

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

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