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 Fiaidhs
- Coordinates
- 52.09172, -7.77102
- SMR number
- WA030-038001-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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 on the NE-facing slope of a NW-SE ridge. This is an overgrown oval mound (dims. c. 15m E-W; c. 10m N-S; H 0.3m) adjacent to fulacht fiadh (WA030-038002-) which lies immediately to the E.
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
- Fulacht fiaunder 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.