County: Dublin Site name: BALLYOGAN (Site 70)
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 02E0481
Author: Thaddeus C. Breen, for Valerie J. Keeley Ltd.
Site type: Fulacht fia
Period/Dating: Post Medieval (AD 1600-AD 1750)
ITM: E 721542m, N 724253m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.254704, -6.178488
A group of five patches of black to dark brown soil, Features A–E, were found alongside a stream during topsoil-stripping on the line of the South-Eastern Motorway. Two of these, Features C and E, proved to be patches of natural oxidised soil, although a little charcoal was present in C. The other three were coloured black or grey by charcoal. Feature A contained some small (0.2–0.3m) pieces of friable granite, possibly burnt, but a relatively small amount of charcoal. Feature B contained less charcoal. Feature D consisted mostly of charcoal but appeared to be modern. A line of stones, 4.6m long, was found nearby, lining the old bank of the stream (which was widened in the early 19th century). Features A and B may represent waste material from a destroyed fulacht fiadh. Finds consisted mainly of post-medieval pottery, glass and clay pipes.
13 Wainsfort Crescent, Dublin 6W
