Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Fulacht fia
Ballyvelig, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyvelig
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Fulacht Fian (Site of)
- Coordinates
- 52.27269, -6.94008
- SMR number
- WX039-038001-
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University Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
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, and situated on the NE bank of a SE-NW stream. This is an oval, grass-covered mound of stones (dims. 15m x 6m; H 0.3m) adjacent to the stream. Fulacht fia (WX-039-038002-) is 5m to the NW.
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: 24 January, 2013
Nearby in the register
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Urn burialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.