Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Fulacht fia
Kildorragh (leitrim By.), County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kildorragh (leitrim By.)
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.93681, -8.02202
- SMR number
- LE031-104001-
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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
Located c. 120m from the River Shannon at a point where it runs NW-SE, and on the line of the N4 roadway. Archaeological excavation (94E0123) in advance of roadworks uncovered an irregularly shaped pit (dims c. 2.2m x c. 1.5m; max. D c. 0.35m) filled with broken and burnt stone. It was associated with a hut-site (LE031-104002-) that was immediately to the NW. (Opie 1994; 1995f)
The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Leitrim' compiled by Michael J. Moore (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2003). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of revised upload: 18 October 2019
References
Opie, H. 1995f Kildorragh. Fulacht fiadh and roundhouse. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 1994: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 53, no. 149. Bray. Wordwell.
Opie, H. 1994 Archaeological Excavations of a fulacht fiadh and roundhouse, Kildorragh, Jamestown, Co. Leitrim. Licence No. 94E0123. Unpublished report, V. J. Keely-Schmidt
Nearby in the register
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.