Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Fulacht fia
Ballinlee North, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballinlee North
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.46822, -8.56575
- SMR number
- LI039-124----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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 reclaimed pasture 190m SE of barrow (LI039-040----). Not marked on OSi historic maps. Fulacht fiadh listed as site 2/30/1 and partially excavated by Gowen in 1986 (1988, 180). No surface remains visible on OSi orthophoto taken between 2005-12 or on Google Earth orthoimage dated 20/09/2020.
See attached Google Earth orthoimages.
Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick
Date of upload: 8 May 2021
References
Gowen, M. 1988 Three Irish gas pipelines: new archaeological evidence in Munster. Bray. Wordwell.
Nearby in the register
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
- Barrow - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Barrow - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Barrow - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.