Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Fulacht fia
Graigue (tullaghortan Par.),graigue (ballybacon Par.), County Tipperary South, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Graigue (tullaghortan Par.),graigue (ballybacon Par.)
- County
- Tipperary South
- Country
- Ireland
- SMR number
- TS087-037----
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The National Monuments Service's description
According to Power (1908, 77) in the townland of Graigue there is a 'Folacht Fiadh - "Prehistoric Cooking Place." There are two of these on the townland, both of them are large and composed of small burned stones. One has a special name - Carragán a Riarcaigh- "Hillock of the Moory Place"'. The exact location of these monuments is unknown.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
References
Power, P. 1908 Placenames of the Decies. Journal of the Waterford and Southeast of Ireland Archaeological Society 11, 1-34, 45-78, 135-43 and 179-210.