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Fulacht fia

Toobrackan, County Roscommon, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Fulacht fia, Toobrackan, 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
Toobrackan
County
Roscommon
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.91104, -8.55155
SMR number
RO008-066----

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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)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Situated on a gentle S-facing slope. Archaeological testing (09E0475) during 2009 on the route of the N5 Ballaghadereen bypass identified a deposit of burnt mound material (dims 10m NE-SW; 2m plus NW-SE; T 0.2m) that was set aside for resolution as Toobrackan 2 (O'Neill 2009, 17; 2012). It was completely excavated (10E0301) when two rectangular troughs (dims 0.8m x 0.63m; D 0.3m: 1.7m x 1.1m; D 0.25m) were recorded beneath the remains of a burnt mound. The larger trough produced a C14 date of 1111-902 cal. BC. (Kyle and Delaney 2011a, 4; Kyle 2013d)

Compiled by: Michael Moore.

Date of upload: 9 February, 2012.

O’Neill, N. 2009 N5 Balllaghaderreen Bypass Road Scheme, Co. Roscommon. Report on Archaeological Test Trenching of Areas A-F. Licence No. 09E0475, Unpublished report for Roscommon County Council , Headland Archaeology

References

Kyle, J. and Delaney, S. 2011a N5 Ballaghaderreen bypass. Toobraockan 1, miscellaneous; Toobrackan 2, fulacht fia. Final report. Irish Archaeological Consultancy. Unpublished report, National Monuments Service, Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht.
Licence no. 10E0301.

Kyle, J. 2013d Toobrackan 1 and 2. Features associated with a ringfort, burnt mounds. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2010: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 184-5, No. 585. Dublin. Wordwell

Nearby in the register

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

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