Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Fulacht fia
Ardanairy, County Wicklow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ardanairy
- County
- Wicklow
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.86316, -6.06503
- SMR number
- WI036-028----
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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
Large ploughed-out fulacht fiadh noted 'near the highest level' of Mizen Head during field walking in 1983. (Mitchell 1990, 47; Information Prof. P. Woodman)
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Wicklow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 17 December 2008
Nearby in the register
- Prehistoric site - lithic scatterunder 1 mi
- Signal towerunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- Enclosure1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.