Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Fulacht fia
Tombrickane, County Tipperary North, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Tombrickane
- County
- Tipperary North
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.01920, -8.17284
- SMR number
- TN007-037001-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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 low-lying poorly drained land with bog to the N and well-drained pasture to the S. A large horseshoe-shaped mound of burnt material (dims. 13m N-S; 14m E-W: H 0.5m) with large boulders protruding from the surface of the mound in the NW sector. Erect orthostats protruding from the SW face of the mound may indicate a possible trough area. Two fulachtaí fia (7:37/02/03) are located 60m to the SW.
The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Tipperary. Vol. 1 - North Tipperary' compiled by Jean Farrelly and Caimin O'Brien (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2002). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 22 September 2008
Nearby in the register
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.