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
- 52.75101, -7.67167
- SMR number
- TN036-050072-
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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 carved oak trough (dims. 8.8m N-S x 8.4m E-W) and a timber platform (dims. 4m x 3m) directly E of the trough. A date of 1425-1120 BC was obtained from the timber used in this platform. From a technical assessment of the volume of the mound material the excavator suggested a possible figure of 615 firings over the life of the site. (Ó Néill 1999, Killoran 265, 87-8)
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
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Road - unclassified togherunder 1 mi
- Road - unclassified togherunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.