Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Fulacht fia
Hill of Rath, County Louth, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Hill of Rath
- County
- Louth
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 53.74277, -6.40280
- SMR number
- LH024-042001-
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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 prior to road construction (Excavation Licence No. 00E0178). A burnt spread (7.6m x 10.8m; D 0.7m) was initially exposed. Removal of this uncovered a trough and a pit. The trough (2.3m x 1.6m; D 0.6m) was oval in shape and flat bottomed. Several planks of alder wood were found at its base together with 19 stake-holes. The full extent of this fulacht fia was not established as it continued beyond the road take. Five pits were excavated 13m the N, one of which contained two sherds of pottery dating to the Late Bronze Age. (Duffy 2002, 231)
Compiled by: Claire Breen
Date of upload: 21 June 2013
References
Duffy, C. 2002 Hill of Rath. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2000: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 231. (No. 687) Bray. Wordwell.
Nearby in the register
- Pit-burialunder 1 mi
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- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Cremated remainsunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.