Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Fulacht fia
Ballygambon Upper, County Waterford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballygambon Upper
- County
- Waterford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Fulacht Fiaidh
- Coordinates
- 52.09172, -7.78020
- SMR number
- WA030-035----
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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 in pasture towards the top of the N-facing slope of a NW-SE ridge. It is marked only on the 1927 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, but is not visible at ground level where there is an oval spoil mound (dims. 10.3m NE-SW; 7.8m NW-SE; H 0.6-1.2m). This may be the fulacht fia investigated by G.W. Forsayeth (1911c; 1913b) which comprised a horseshoe-shaped mound (dims. c. 18m E-W; c. 15m N-S; H c. 1m) open at SE. A trench (D c. 1m) was excavated through broken and burnt stone in the trough area where a stone floor was found. No animal bones or artefacts were recovered.
Forsayeth, G. W. (1911c) Notes and querris - 'Prehistoric cooking place' WAJ 14, 142-4.
Forsayeth, G. W. (1913b) Preshstoric cooking-places, JRSAI 43, 178-80.
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
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Road - road/trackwayunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.