Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Fulacht fia
Greenan (slane Lower By.), County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Greenan (slane Lower By.)
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.85103, -6.64670
- SMR number
- ME006-052001-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
Situated in a low-lying landscape between drumlins. Three fulachta fia were recorded in a NE-SW line in 1968 (SMR file). This is the central one and is described as a small oval grass-covered mound (dims 5m N-S; c. 3m E-W; max. H 0.2m). Fulacht fia (ME005-52----) is c. 10m to the SW and (ME006-052002-) is c. 10m to the NE. The fulachta fia (ME006-13----; ME006-013001-) are c. 100m to the SE.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 6 October 2022
References
SMR file - Sites and monuments record files in the National Monuments Service, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage.
Nearby in the register
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.