Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Fulacht fia
Whitstone, County Tipperary North, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Whitstone
- County
- Tipperary North
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.95641, -8.16709
- SMR number
- TN010-055----
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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
Situated on low-lying poorly drained land with possible megalithic tomb (TN010-054) to the W. Two poorly preserved fulachtaí fia consisting of burnt material spreads visible in the section of a modern drain. The first spread measures 18m N-S while the second spread measures 8m N-S. The burnt material is visible in both faces of the drain however there are no surface indications of this burnt material.
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
- Megalithic tomb - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.