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Fulacht fia

Bawnfune (Gaultiere By., Lisnakill Par.), County Waterford, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Fulacht fia, Bawnfune (Gaultiere By., Lisnakill Par.), 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
Bawnfune (Gaultiere By., Lisnakill Par.)
County
Waterford
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.23788, -7.19351
SMR number
WA017-132----

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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)
  • 1882 · Ireland (southern half). (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1911 · Sheet 14, 1911 (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Situated on a gentle E-facing slope. Identified in centre-line testing (05E0763) of the alternate route of the N25 Waterford city bypass (Russell 2008b), and excavated completely (E3443) as Bawnfune 5 during 2007 (O'Hara 2010f). A thin scattered mound of burnt stone (dims. 13.75m x 10.65m; max. T 6cm) overlay a subcircular trough (dims. 1.2m x 0.94m; D 0.3m), a subrectangular trough (dims. 2.4m x 1m; D 0.52m) and seven small pits. All features were filled with elements of burnt stone. A C14 date of cal. BC 1890-1690 was derived from the subrecatangular trough. Burnt mound (WA017-133----) is c. 100m to the ENE. (O'Hara 2009b; O'Hara and Ginn 2011i)

O'Hara, R. (2009b) N25 Waterford bypass alternative route. Archaeological investigation. Contract 1. Final reprot on the Archaeological excavation of Bawnfune 5. E3443. Unpublished report. DEHLG. Archaeological Consultancy Services.
O'Hara, R. (2010f) Bawnfune 5. Possible burnt mound activity. in I. Bennett (Ed.) Excavations 2007: summary accounts of excavations in Ireland, 511, No. 1805. Wordwell. Dublin.
O’Hara, R. and V. Ginn (2011i) Bawnfune 5, Co. Waterford. in J. Eogan and E. Shee-Twohig (2011) Cois tSiúire – nine thousand years of human activity in the lower Suir valley. Archaeological excavations on the N25 Waterford city bypass, vol. 2, 17. NRA road scheme: Monograph 8, Dublin
Russell, I. (2008b) Various townlands. in I. Bennett (Ed.) Excavations 2005: summary accounts of excavations in Ireland, 361, No. 1481. Wordwell. Dublin.

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 13 May 2011

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