County: Tipperary Site name: COOLBAUN
Sites and Monuments Record No.: SMR 62:50 Licence number: 98E0008
Author: Dave Pollock
Site type: Fulacht fia
Period/Dating: Bronze Age (2200 BC-801 BC)
ITM: E 620674m, N 640758m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.517802, -7.695390
Cropmarks recorded by the Geological Survey in a field at Coolbaun, Cooleagh, were checked in advance of proposed development of the land. It was clear from three long test-trenches (3m x c. 80m) that the cropmarks represented periglacial features and natural drainage. There was no indication that the land had been culti-vated before the early 19th century. Part of a fulacht fiadh was intercepted, and two further trenches were cut into neighbouring hillocks in the hope of uncovering fulachta fiadh mounds intact. Both hillocks were part of the natural topography.
33 Woodlawn, Cashel, Co. Tipperary
