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Fulacht fia

Tintagh, County Roscommon, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Fulacht fia, Tintagh, County Roscommon, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Tintagh
County
Roscommon
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
54.01569, -8.29556
SMR number
RO003-092----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1922 · Ireland - northern section. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

In a boggy upland hollow. A kidney-shaped mound (dims. 13m E-W; 7m N-S; H 0.5-0.75m) of fire-cracked sandstone open to the S was excavated (96E0117) revealing two primary troughs. At the centre was an oval trough (dims 3m NE-SW; 1.55m NW-SE; D 0.2-0.45m) with a subcircular trough (dims 1.9m N-S; 1.45m E-W; D 0.3m) at the W end of the mound with a pot-boiler between them, all of which were broadly contemporary although the W trough was less developed. A third oval trough (dims 2m NW-SE; 1.7m NE-SW; D 0.5-0.8m) cut the SE edge of the central trough, None of the troughs were lined. (Opie 1996, 1997b)

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of revised upload: 28 September 2017

References

Opie, H. 1997b Erris. Burnt mound and trackways. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 1996: summary account of archaeological excavations in Ireland. 94-5, No. 330. Bray. Wordwell.

Opie, H. 1996 Curlew Mountains project: Report on Archaeological Investigations of a Fulacht Fiadh at Tintagh Td., County Roscommon. Licence No.: 96E0117. Unpublished report: John Channing Archaeological Consultancy

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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