Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Fulacht fia
Tombay, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Tombay
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Fulacht Fian
- Coordinates
- 52.72371, -6.38494
- SMR number
- WX006-009----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Marked only on the 1940 ed. of the OS 6-inch map and situated on the floor of a W-E valley with the WNW-ESE stream c. 70m to the N. This is a horseshoe-shaped mound of grass-covered stones (dims. 16m N-S; 13m E-W; H 0.5-1m) open to the W. (Ranson 1945, 54)
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Wexford' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1996). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload/revision: 29 February 2012
References
Ranson, Rev. J. 1945 Some unrecorded Wexford antiquities. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, vol. 75, 53-5.
Nearby in the register
- Walled gardenunder 1 mi
- House - 17th centuryunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.