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Fulacht fia

Carstown (Ferrard by; Termonfecin par.), County Louth, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Fulacht fia, Carstown (Ferrard by, 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
Carstown (Ferrard by; Termonfecin par.)
County
Louth
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
NULL
Latest-edition OS map
NULL
Coordinates
53.75322, -6.30811
SMR number
LH022-037----

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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

The following description is derived from both the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986) and the 'Archaeological Survey of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1991). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007

Located in level area of formerly boggy ground. In 1998 it was visible as a spread of fire-cracked sandstones and dark soil (max. diam. 7m) (Carroll 1988, 57).
This site was subsequently excavated (Excavation Licence 98E0042). A 10m by 6.75m spread of fire cracked sandstone and charcoal stained clay was uncovered with a max. D of 0.24m. Underneath lay the natural boulder clay into which a number of features were cut including a trough (dims c. 3.6m x 1.6m) and eight postholes which may have acted as a screen for the trough. (Murphy, Donald 2000a, 140-1)

Nearby in the register

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

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