Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Fulacht fia
Ballyhenry, County Wicklow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyhenry
- County
- Wicklow
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.02553, -6.09514
- SMR number
- WI019-077----
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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
Excavation licence Number 02E0701
Excavation took place between 20 May and 11 June 2002. The site appeared as a small area of raised ground adjacent to a small south-running stream and an area of flat marshland that surrounds the stream and borders the site to the west. To the east is a steeply sloping hill that rises to a height of over 90m. Ground clearing revealed the remnants of a fulacht fiadh or burnt mound. Excavation of a portion of the mound and two associated troughs followed. There were no finds from the site that would indicate a period of occupation, although fulachta fiadh are usually dated to the Bronze Age (Bennett 2007, 476).
Editor's note: Though carried out in 2002, this summary was received too late for inclusion in the bulletin of that year.
Date of upload: 01 October 2012
References
Bennett, I. (ed.) 2007 Excavations 2004: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland. Dublin. Wordwell.
Nearby in the register
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.