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Fulacht fia

Rockspring, County Wexford, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Fulacht fia, Rockspring, 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
Rockspring
County
Wexford
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.58887, -6.41277
SMR number
WX016-072001-

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University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

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)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1904 · Sheet 14, 1904 (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
  • 1911 · Sheet 14, 1911 (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Situated on the S-facing slope of a low E-W spur at the W base of Carrigroe Hill and at the headwaters of a small stream that runs off to the SW. Monitoring of topsoil removal (E004646) during the establishment of a storage area for the construction phase of the M11 Gorey to Enniscorthy motorway identified five archaeological areas which were excavated (E004809) as Rockspring 2 in February 2017 when one area proved to be modern. Area 1 consists of two fulachta fia and a burnt mound, all badly cut by E-W stone drains. This eastern fulacht fia has a rectangular trough (dims 1.6m x 1.6m; D 0.5m) with stakeholes at the corners of the trough and others surrounding its rim. The trough was filled with sandy clay and heat-shattered stones. The trough was recut as a subcircular feature (dims 1.95m x 1.6m; D 1.25m) just to the N of the original and this one may have been lined with clay. Its fill consists of five layers with varying amounts of ash or charcoal. A natural hollow (dims 4.5m x 3.2m; D 0.11m) just SE of the trough was filled with some redeposited burnt stone. The mound (dims 16m N-S; 4.9m N-S; T 0.06m) lay just to the S and was truncated by an E-W drain at S. No artefacts were recovered (Turrell & Kavanagh 2018, 9-14)

See the attached plan from Turrell & Kavanagh (2018, fig. 4)

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload; 5 November 2020

References

Turrell, S. and L. Kavanagh 2018 Preliminary Stratigraphic Report for Rockspring 2, Co. Wexford. M11 Gorey to Enniscorthy PPP Scheme. Licence No.: E004809. Unpublished report, IAC

Nearby in the register

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

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