Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Fulacht fia
Mell, County Louth, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Mell
- County
- Louth
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 53.73544, -6.39734
- SMR number
- LH024-049----
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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 construction of the M1 motorway (Excavation Licence No. 01E0067). A spread of burnt material (10.5m x 8m) was initially exposed. Removal of this uncovered four pits cut into the natural subsoil. The widest and shallowest pit (3m x 1.6m; D 0.16m) contained a flint scraper and five waste flakes. (Campbell 2003, 268)
Compiled by: Claire Breen
Date of upload: 25 June 2013
References
Campbell, K. 2003 Mell 4. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2001: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland. 268 (No. 871). Bray. Wordwell.
Nearby in the register
- Excavation - miscellaneousunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Excavation - miscellaneousunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.