Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Fulacht fia
Drumsna, County Leitrim, Ireland
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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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
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 Unpublished report, V. J. Keely-Schmidt 271, 329 0040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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Moundunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.