Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Fulacht fia
Newtown Mt. Kennedy, County Wicklow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Newtown Mt. Kennedy
- County
- Wicklow
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.09077, -6.11996
- SMR number
- WI013-096----
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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
The possible remains of a fulacht fiadh were noted here during archaeological test trenching in 2006 (Excavation Licence 05E1423) (O'Donovan 2009, 577).
Compiled by: Claire Breen
Date of upload: 20 December 2012
References
O'Donovan E. 2009 'Seasonpark / Newtownmountkennedy / Monalin'. In I. Bennett (Ed.) Excavations 2006: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 577 (No. 2193). Bray. Wordwell.
Nearby in the register
- Kilnunder 1 mi
- Habitation siteunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.