Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Fulacht fia
Killoran (moyne Par.), County Tipperary North, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Killoran (moyne Par.)
- County
- Tipperary North
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.75392, -7.68661
- SMR number
- TN036-050020-
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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 at the base of the gentle S-facing slope of a low rise of ground in undulating countryside. A nearby burnt mound and fulacht fia (TN036-050/024/027) lie 10m and 60m to the N and E respectively. The site consisted of a fulacht fia with several intercutting troughs. The first trough (dims. L 2.3m; Wth 1.8m; D 0.45m) consisted of a subcircular pit containing a fill of grey clay, fire-cracked stones, charcaol and silty clay. This charcoal was radiocarbon dated to 2585-2195 BC. The second trough consisted of an oval pit (dims. L 2.1m; Wth 1.8m; D 0.47m) which partially cut into the N edge of the first trough. These troughs were partly covered by a truncated horseshoe-shaped spread (dims. 10.8m E-W x 8m N-S) of burnt sandstone, silt and charcoal. (Stevens 2000, 198)
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien.
Date of upload: 22 September 2008
Nearby in the register
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.