Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Fulacht fia
Gorraun (ballybrit By.), County Offaly, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Gorraun (ballybrit By.)
- County
- Offaly
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.98684, -7.76339
- SMR number
- OF043-036----
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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
Located on flat poorly drained land in upland area with burnt mound (OF043-037----) to N. Poorly preserved remains of a fulacht fiadh consisting of a semicircular rise (Wth 15m approx.) which is intersected by a field drain at S revealing burnt stone material, disused laneway intersects site at NW.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 23 May 2011
Nearby in the register
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Quarryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.