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Fulacht fia

Drumcar, County Louth, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Fulacht fia, Drumcar, 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
Drumcar
County
Louth
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.84922, -6.38713
SMR number
LH018-079----

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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

Situated in the valley of as small E-W canalised stream which joins the meandering S-N White River c. 400m to the W. Archaeological testing (20E0443) by L. Clarke (2021) identified an area of burnt spreads on the N bank of the stream (excavations.ie 2020:420). There were 12 patches of burnt stone material (dims 1.3m x 0.85m to 12.3m xx 5.6m) covering a large area (max. dims c. 27m E-W; c. 9m N-S). Associated with these were two possible troughs, rectangular features (dims 1.5m x 0.7m: dims 1.4m x 0.7m) filled with darker concentrations of burnt stone. There were also 14 circular pits (diam. c. 0.55m to c. 2.4m) containing black sandy clays. The area was traversed by a number of E-W and N-S drains, and a larger V-shaped ditch (L 24m plus; Wth 0.58m; D 0.8m) that crossed NW-SE could be medieval. Only the tops of all these features were explored and the entire area is to be preserved in situ. (Clarke 2021, 8-10)

See the attached plan from Clare (2021, fig. 7)

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 4 May 2023

Clarke, L. 2021 Report on Archaeological Assessment at Red Barn, Drumcar Rd. Dunleer, Co. Louth. Licence: 20E0443. Unpublished report, ACSU

Nearby in the register

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

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