Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Fulacht fia
Aghareagh (longford By.), County Longford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Aghareagh (longford By.)
- County
- Longford
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.72463, -7.82613
- SMR number
- LF013-150----
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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
On a floodplain. Identified during trial trenching in 2008 as three discrete deposits of burnt material (Hull 2009, 8; 2011, 238-9). Excavation in 2009 revealed that the deposits were part of a fulacht fia composed of spreads of angular, heat-affected stone and charcoal in a matrix of black, silty clay. The N portion of the mound was not excavated as it lay beyond the limits of the excavation (Stephens 2009d; Stephens 2011, 140-141; pers. comm. M. Stephens).
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 17 January 2013
Nearby in the register
- Field boundaryunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
- Field systemunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.