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
- 52.74896, -7.67983
- SMR number
- TN036-050028-
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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)
- 1868 · 4. 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 flat poorly drained land which was overgrown by bog with nearby fulachtaí fia (TN036-050/021/029) 120m to the S and 150m to the NW respectively. The site was revealed during topsoil stripping and consisted of a ploughed-out spread (dims. 13m N-S x 7m E-W; 0.01m D) of burnt material covering a subrectangular plank- or roundwood-lined trough (dims. 2.36m x 2m x 0.46m D) which had been recut by a second rectangular trough. The trough fill consisted of charcoal and charred wood of which the charcoal was radiocarbon dated to 1145-795 BC. (Stevens 2000, 199)
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien.
Date of upload: 22 September 2008
Nearby in the register
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Flat cemeteryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.