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Newtown Hill : Fulacht Fia

CountyDublin
Grid RefO 193 211
Longitude6° 12' 48.26" W
Latitude53° 13' 36.88" N
Nearest TownBray (7.3 Km)
OS Sheet50
UTM zone29U
UTM x686006.67554393
UTM y5901137.515071

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Newtown Hill - Glencullen - Miscellaneous Site
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Visit Notes

Sunday, 20th January 2002

This is the first fulacht fai that I have seen and I am slightly sceptical about it. It certainly bears all the form of one with thin slabs arranged in a rectangular shape in a shallow hollow.

Like much of the stuff on Newtown Hill this is not marked on the OS.

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Directions

To reach Newtown Hill the best plan is to park at Johnny Fox's pub in Glencullen and walk east towards Kiltiernan until you rach the new church. I crossed to the rear of the churchyard, scrambled over the wall and walked up the hill through the fields.

If you reach the barrow you've actually passed this feature. It is 20m down the fields in a direct line to the church below.

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6.4 Km (W) there is a Bullaun Stone at Glassamucky Mountain.
5.3 Km (WNW) there is a Portal Tomb at Larch Hill Scout Camp known as Larch Hill.
9 Km (SE) there is a Standing Stone at Kilmurry (Co. Wicklow).
922 m (NW) there is a Standing Stone at Ballyedmonduff.
7.5 Km (WNW) there is a Portal Tomb at Woodtown known as Mount Venus.

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