Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Fulacht fia
Farrandreg, County Louth, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Farrandreg
- County
- Louth
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.01355, -6.42193
- SMR number
- LH007-124----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1636 "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Discovered during archaeological test trenching (Excavation Licence 95E0113). Partial excavation uncovered the ploughed out remains of a fulacht fia, no evidence for a trough was found. (Murphy 1996, 64)
Reference:
Murphy, Deirdre 1996 Farrandreg. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 1995: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 64 (No. 209). Bray. Wordwell.
Compiled by: Claire Breen
Date of upload: 30 November 2011
Nearby in the register
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Habitation siteunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.