Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Fulacht fia
Clonkerdin, County Waterford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Clonkerdin
- County
- Waterford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Fulacht Fiaidh
- Coordinates
- 52.09789, -7.78040
- SMR number
- WA030-033----
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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
Marked as a fulacht fia only on the 1927 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and situated in pasture on a level landscape. Grass-covered mound of broken and burnt stones (diam. c. 15m; H c. 1m) which was investigated in 1885 when a hearth and wooden trough were discovered (Quinlan 1885-6, 391-2). Nothing is now visible at ground level.
Quinlan, J. (1885-6) Cooking places of the Stone Age in Ireland. JRSAI 17, 390-2.
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: 11th August, 2011. Compiled by: Michael Moore.
Nearby in the register
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
- Road - road/trackwayunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.