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
- 53.74637, -7.12254
- SMR number
- ME009-081----
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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 on a fairly level landscape at the base of the N-facing slope of Sleve na Calliagh ridge, with a slight rise c. 50m to the N. This is a subcircular grass-covered mound (dims 10.7m NW-SE; 8.5m NE-SW; H 0.5m at NW to 1m at SE). Just SE of the mound’s centre stones protrude through the sod forming lines at SW (L 1.5m) and NW (L 1.4m). Burnt stone has been recovered from the mound. Fulacht fia (ME009-080----) is c. 120m to the NW. Archaeological testing (05E1087) by P.D Sweetman c. 100m to the SE produced no related material (excavatioins.ie 2005:1165). Further testing by P. D. Sweetman in 2020 (20E0672) on a site (c. 0.5 ha) c. 35m to the SW at the closest point also did not produce related material (Sweetman 2020b).
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 February 2018
Amended: 29 January 2021, 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 Unpublished report, Author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
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
- Cistunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.