Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Fulacht fia
Ballyfauskeen (coshlea By., Cullane Ed), County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyfauskeen (coshlea By., Cullane Ed)
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.36645, -8.31004
- SMR number
- LI049-196----
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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 pasture, 120m E of a local road. Earthwork (LI049-197----) lies 135m to the NE. Not depicted on historic OSi maps. Fulacht fia excavated by Margaret Gowen (Site 2/11/1) on Bórd Gáis Éireann Curraleigh West-Limerick gas pipeline (Gowen 1988, 179). No surface remains visible on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13 or on Google Earth orthoimages.
Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick
Date of upload: 18 October 2021
References
Gowen, M. 1988 Three Irish gas pipelines: new archaeological evidence in Munster. Bray. Wordwell.
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Barrow - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.