Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Fulacht fia
Broadlough, County Louth, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Broadlough
- County
- Louth
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.85858, -6.51468
- SMR number
- LH017-105----
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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
Archaeological excavation prior to road construction (Excavation Licence No. 99E0460) uncovered a sub-rectangular pit (1.75m x 1.4m). It was filled with burnt stones and clay which has led the excavator to suggest it may have been part of a fulacht fia. (Duffy 2000, 188)
Compiled by: Claire Breen
Date of upload: 29 June 2012
References
Duffy, C. 2000 Broadlough. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 1999: summary account of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 188 (No. 547). Bray. Wordwell.
Nearby in the register
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Excavation - miscellaneousunder 1 mi
- Road - road/trackwayunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.