Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Fulacht fia
Brackbaun, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Brackbaun
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.30183, -8.17100
- SMR number
- LI058-019----
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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
This site was identified during Phase II test excavation of the N8 Cashel to Mitchelstown road improvement scheme carried out by Margaret Gowen & Co. Ltd in May 2006. The site was subsequently excavated [A035/000, E2306] between 24 June and 4 July 2006. It consisted of a burnt mound, whose area measured 17.5m (north-south) by 12m, located on the northern bank of a stream. The burnt mound sealed a trough, which had traces of a stone lining, concentrated mainly along the edges. This site was located 150m downstream of Site 4602A2 (see No. 1244 below), a burnt mound, and 600m downslope from Site 47001A, a ring-ditch site (see No. 1282 below, E2341) (McQuade, Molloy & Moriarty 2009, 115-8).
References
McQuade, M. Molloy, M. & Moriarty, C. 2009 In the Shadow of the Galtees, archaeological excavations along the N8. NRA Scheme Monographs 4.
Nearby in the register
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Kiln - corn-dryingunder 1 mi
- Cremation pitunder 1 mi
- Excavation - miscellaneousunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.