Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Fulacht fia
Tooreen East, County Waterford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Tooreen East
- County
- Waterford
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.25334, -7.63594
- SMR number
- WA006-051----
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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 bottom of a SW-NE valley in a marshy area, close to the headwaters of a stream which is c. 45m to the NW. Horseshoe-shaped, grass-covered stony mound open to the W (dims. 16m E-W; 13.5m N-S; H 0.6-1.7m). A fulacht fiadh (WA006-050----) is c. 70m to the SW, while ring-barrow (WA006-027----) is c. 170m to the SE and enclousre (WA006-026----) is c. 150m to the S.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Waterford' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 27 July 2010
Nearby in the register
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.