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Fulacht fia

Drumsna, County Leitrim, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Fulacht fia, Drumsna, County Leitrim, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Drumsna
County
Leitrim
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.92532, -7.99587
SMR number
LE032-101----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Situated on low-lying ground between the SW corner of Gortconnellan Lough c. 250m to N and an E-W section of the river Shannon c. 300m to S, and on the line of the N4. Archaeological excavation (94E0158) in advance of roadworks uncovered an irregularly shaped trough (dims 1.6m x 1.1m; D 0.25-0.3m) filled with an organic peat and broken and burnt sandstone. There was a hearth immediately to the NE. (Opie 1994, 1995c)

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 upload: 18 October 2010
Amended; 6 December, 2019

References

Opie, H. 1995c Drumsna. Fulacht fia. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 1994: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 52, no. 147. Bray. Wordwell.

Opie, H. 1994 Report on Archaeological Excavfations of a fulacht fiadh, Drumsna td., Drumsna, Co. Leitrim. Licence No. 94E0158. Unpublished report, V. J. Keely-Schmidt 271, 329 0040

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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