Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Fulacht fia
Ballycummin, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballycummin
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not shown
- Coordinates
- 52.62180, -8.67054
- SMR number
- LI013-232----
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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
One of a group of six fulachtaí fia (LI013-229-/230/231/232/233/234----). Identified as fulacht fia 4 (Site F) by Noel Dunne during archaeological monitoring of a dual carriageway constructed as part of the Dell Factory Development, County Limerick. Excavated under license 98E0433 by Dunne (2000, 159), the results of which were summarised as following; ‘a rectangular trough measuring 2.4m x 1.4m and 0.35-0.4m deep dug into the subsoil. The presence of stake-holes indicated that it was originally timber-lined. The trough was surrounded by a burnt spread measuring 12m x 8.5m’ (www.excavations.ie 1999. No. 483).
See attached location map taken from excavation report
Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick
Date upload: 2 July 2020
References
Dunne, N. 2001 An Archaeological excavation report for phase 6 extension to the Raheen Industrial Park in the townland of Ballycummin, Co. Limerick. Unpublished excavation report licence No. 98E9433 submitted to the National Monuments Section, Heritage and Planning Division, Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Dublin.
Dunne, N. 2000 Ballycummin: Fulachta fiadh and 19th-century trackway. In I. Bennett (ed.) Excavations 1999: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 159, No. 483. Bray. Wordwell.
Nearby in the register
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