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
- 52.75011, -7.67197
- SMR number
- TN036-050067-
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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 flat bogland. The fulacht fia consisted of a rectangular-shaped plank-lined trough (dims 2.4m x 1.75m x 0.6m) with a roughly circular spread of burnt material (dims. 19.5m x 19m) with a dense deposit of charcoal directly E of the trough. A saddle quern (dims. 0.23m x 0.15m x 0.55m) was found in the peat directly W of the site at a depth of 0.3m below the level of the trough. From a technical assessment of the volume of the mound material the excavator suggested a possible figure of 3167-3967 firings over the life of the site. (Ó Néill 1999, Killoran 240, 78-81)
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
- Road - unclassified togherunder 1 mi
- Road - unclassified togherunder 1 mi
- Road - unclassified togherunder 1 mi
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.