Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Fulacht fia
Killybegs, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Killybegs
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.74302, -6.21918
- SMR number
- WX003-046----
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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
Situated on a broad low ridge. It was excavated (E3507) as site 49 during 2005 in advance of the building of the N11 Arklow - Gorey bypass. An area of burnt stone (diam. 5.5m; T 0.25m) overlay a shallow trough (dims. 2.4m x 2.1m; D 0.15m) with another possible trough (dims. 1.5m x 1.1m; D 0.16m) nearby. A number of tree-boles pre-dating the fulacht fia were also recorded as well as the palaeo-channel (Wth 0.5m; D 0.5m; L 7m) of a stream. (Martin 2008)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 14 February, 2012
References
Martin, K. 2008 Killybegs. Burnt mound. In I. Bennett. Excavations 2005. Summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 403, No. 1647. Wordwell, Dublin.
Nearby in the register
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
- Excavation - miscellaneousunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.