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Fulacht fia

Greenan (Decies without Drum By.), County Waterford, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Fulacht fia, Greenan, County Waterford, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Greenan (Decies without Drum By.)
County
Waterford
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.21964, -7.34909
SMR number
WA016-134----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1882 · Ireland (southern half). (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Situated in a valley with an E-W stream c. 100m to the N. Archaeological monitoring and testing (06E0163) in advance of laying a water-pipe identified a burnt mound (Moloney 2006), which was later excavated (06E0280). A spread of burnt mound material (diam. 17m; T 0.2-0.35m) overlay a wood-lined trough (dims. 2.8m x 2m; D 0.6m) which had eight stake-holes and two post-holes associated with it. (Janes, 2009)

Compiled by: Michael Moore.

Date of upload/revision: 24th December 2010.

References

Janes, T. 2009 Greenan: burnt spread and trough. In I. Bennett (Ed.) Excavations 2006: summary accounts of excavations in Ireland, 529, No. 1987. Dublin. Wordwell.

Moloney, C. 2006 Report on archaeological testing and monitoring at Seafield, Bunmahon, Co. Waterford. Unpublished report. DEHLG (06E0163). Headland Archaeology.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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