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Fulacht fia

Newtownbalregan, County Louth, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Fulacht fia, Newtownbalregan, County Louth, 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
Newtownbalregan
County
Louth
Country
Ireland
Coordinates
54.01866, -6.44284
SMR number
LH007-173----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1636 map "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1636 · Vltoniae Orientalis Pars (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · 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

Excavated in advance of the construction of the M1 Dundalk Western Bypass (Excavation Licence No. 03E0114). Two troughs were uncovered (Trough 1: L 2.9m; Wth 1.52m; D 0.4m; Trough 2: L 1.62m; Wth 1.42m; D 0.42m). Trough 1 contained six post-holes around the edge of the base. Found in association with a possible Neolithic round house (LH007-172----). (Bayley 2006, 342)

Reference:

Bayley, D. 2006 Newtownbalregan Neolithic house; fulachta fiadh. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2003: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 342 (No. 1285). Bray. Wordwell

Compiled by: Claire Breen

Date of upload: 8 December 2011

Nearby in the register

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

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