County: Dublin Site name: MURPHYSTOWN (Site 73M)
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 02E0699
Author: Thaddeus C. Breen, for Valerie J. Keeley Ltd.
Site type: Fulacht fia
Period/Dating: Prehistoric (12700 BC-AD 400)
ITM: E 718744m, N 726061m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.271574, -6.219730
Topsoil-stripping on the South-Eastern Motorway uncovered a spread of black to dark brown soil with traces of charcoal and decayed stone near where a fulacht fiadh had previously been excavated (Site 53M). The deposit was discontinuously spread over an area measuring c. 18m by 15m and had been cut through by a number of recent drains. It had been further disturbed by the erection of an electricity pole. An oval pit, 2m long and 0.7m deep, was found, mostly filled with similar burnt material. Peat had grown on the surface of this pit and the surrounding area. One other possible pit was present. Four pieces of flint were found, three of which had been worked.
13 Wainsfort Crescent, Dublin 6W
