Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Fulacht fia
Gravelstown, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Gravelstown
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.74985, -6.81415
- SMR number
- ME011-038----
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
Located in a level landscape. A spread of charcoal and burn stone (L 6.05m; Wth 1.4m; max. T 0.3m) came to light in digging a drainage trench. (Bradley and Brady 1985-6)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of revised upload: 10 April 2019
References
Bradley, J. and Brady, N. 1985-6 A fulacht fiadh at Gravelstown, Co. Meath. Ríocht na Midhe 7, 62-5.
Nearby in the register
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Crossunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.