Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Fulacht fia
Drumsawry Or Summerbank, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Drumsawry Or Summerbank
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.74685, -7.12409
- SMR number
- ME009-080----
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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
Located at the E edge of a little basin (diam. c. 100m) at the bottom of the ENE-WSW ridge of Slieve na Calliagh, with a slight hill rising c. 100m to the N. This is a circular grass-covered mound (diam. of base 5.3m NE-SW; 5.1m NW-SE; max. H c. 0.5m), with material extending off to the NW and SE (L c. 12m NW-SE). Burnt stone has been recovered from it. Fulacht fia (ME009-081----) is c. 120m to the SE. Archaeological testing (20E0672) by P. D. Sweetman (2020b) on a site (c. 0.5 ha) c. 50m to the SE at the closest point produced no related material.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Meath' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1987). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of revision: 1 November 2018
Amended: 14 October 2025
References
Sweetman, P. D. 2020b Report on Archaeological Assessment at Drumsawry or Summerbank, Loughcrew, Co. Meath. Licence: 20E0672. Unpublished report, Author
Nearby in the register
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
- Cistunder 1 mi
- Cistunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.