Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Fulacht fia
Ballyremon Commons, County Wicklow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyremon Commons
- County
- Wicklow
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.14204, -6.18026
- SMR number
- WI007-074----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1799 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Set in bog and partially excavated in 1983 following levelling. Excavation of the SE quadrant uncovered a sub-rectangular clay-lined trough (L 2.15m; Wth at top 0.9m; Wth at base 0.7m; D 0.4m) filled with peat and burnt stones. At the base of the pit were three charred stakes, one of which yielded a radio-carbon date of 3410±40 BP (uncal.). (Buckley 1998, 111-2)
Compiled by: Claire Breen
Date of upload: 17 October 2012
References
Buckley, V.M. 1998 The excavation of a Bronze age fulacht fiadh at Ballyremon Commons, Co. Wicklow. In Manning, C. (ed.) Dublin and beyond the Pale. Studies in honour of Patrick Healy. Dublin. Wordwell, 111-2.
Nearby in the register
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- 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.