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Fulacht fia

Ramstown Lower, County Wexford, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Fulacht fia, Ramstown Lower, County Wexford, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Ramstown Lower
County
Wexford
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.67160, -6.30018
SMR number
WX007-085002-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1799 map "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1911 · Sheet 14, 1911 (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Archaeological testing (12E0306) in an area of c. 7 ha (c. 18acres) c. 250m WSW of the core of Gorey town (WX007-033----) identified and excavated two fulachta fia, three burnt mounds, a pit and a corn-drying kiln. This fulacht fia in Area B was on the S side of a small E-W stream or drain and was covered by a substantial amount of silt. The oval mound (dims 20m ENE-WSW; 11m NNW-SSE; T 0.83m) contained several separate layers of heat-affected stones and sealed an oval trough (dims 2.25m x 1.63m; D 0.21m) that contained four fills, all of which contained heat-affected stones. There was evidence for in situ burning on the SW side and a total of 24 stake-holes are located on the N side of the trough. About 3m to the E is a second pit (dims 6.55m NW-SE; 0.8m NE-SW; max. D 0.8m) which is cut by the stream at N and which may have been another trough, although this is not certain. A sample from the primary fill of the trough produced a C14 date of 2035-1775 Cal BC. (Bailey 2013, 3-8, 17) See this web-paged accessed on 18 September, 2015. http://www.excavations.ie/report/2012/Wexford/0023614/

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 29 September, 2015

References

Bailey, F. 2013 Final report on archaeological excavations at Gorey Corporation Lands and Ramstown Lower, Co. Wexford. Licence No. 12E0306. Unpublished report. Irish Archaeological Consultancy

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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