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Fulacht fia

Ballyduff East, County Waterford, Ireland

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Townland: Ballyduff East
County: Waterford
Country: Ireland
Latest-edition OS map: Not indicated
Coordinates: 52.23932, -7.24743
SMR number: WA016-130002-

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The National Monuments Service's description

Situated in a low-lying landscape. Archaeological excavation (04E0225) as part of the N25 Waterford bypass produced a burnt mound spread (diam. 9m; T 0.2m) which covered an oval trough (dims. 1.85m x 1.3m; D 0.5m) filled with burnt muond material. Fulacht fia (WA017-130001-) is c. 10m to the N. (Hegarty et al. 2011)

Compiled by: Michael Moore.

Date of upload: 23rd December, 2010.

References

Hegarty, L. 2007 Ballyduff East (Site 43) and Adamstown: fulacht fiadh. In I. Bennett (Ed.) Excavations 2004: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 420, No. 1661. Dublin. Wordwell.

Long, P. and Hegarty, L. 2005 N25 Waterford Bypass. Contract 3. Preliminary report on archaeological investigations at Site 43 in the townland of Ballyduff East, Co. Waterford. Unpublished report. DEHLG (04E0225). Headland Archaeology.

Hegarty, L., Long., P and Price, J. 2011 Ballyduff East 43, Co. Waterford. In J. Eogan and E. Shee-Twohig (eds.), Cois tSiúire – nine thousand years of human activity in the lower Suir valley. Archaeological excavations on the N25 Waterford city bypass, vol. 2, 5. NRA road scheme: Monograph 8, Dublin.

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