Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Fulacht fia
Laraheen Hill, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Laraheen Hill
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Fulacht Fian
- Coordinates
- 52.71974, -6.32910
- SMR number
- WX006-019----
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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 as a fulacht fia only on the 1940 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. It is situated in the fold of an ESE-WNW stream close to its source, and c. 450m from the N-S River Bann. It was recorded in 1939 as a C-shaped mound (Wth 2-4m; H 0.3-0.6m) open to the E (OSFM), and it was noted by Ranson (1945, 54) as being at a place called Fintracawn. The stream now rises from a stone-lined and lintelled well, but there is no visible surface evidence of a burnt mound.
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: 20 November, 2012
References
OSFM. Ordnance Survey Field Memorandums. A collection of survey notes and descriptions of monuments on pro-forma sheets compiled by Ordnance Survey field staff in the course of the 1:2500 map revision of various counties, mostly dating from 1931 – early 1960s. These unpublished manuscripts form part of the records of the Archaeological Survey of Ireland, National Monuments Service Archive, Dublin.
Ranson, Rev. J. 1945 Some unrecorded Wexford antiquities. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, vol. 75, 53-5.
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