Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Fulacht fia
Friarspark (6th Division), County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Friarspark (6th Division)
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.54439, -6.81715
- SMR number
- ME036-102----
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 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated on a level landscape. The geophysical survey (17R0153) of an extensive area (dims c. 650m NW-SE; c. 200-280m NE-SW) identified several potential archaeological features, some of which were tested (17E0458) archaeologically. An oval pit (dims 3.2m x 1.7m; D 0.32m) with a second pit (dims 2.7m x 0.9m; D 0.3m) nearby were both filled with fire-cracked stones. They are probably troughs from a fulacht fia, and there are two small spreads (diam. 1.1-1.3m: 0.4m) of the same material in the vicinity. The monument will be preserved in situ with a buffer zone (diam. 50m). (Shine 2017, 7-9)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload; 26 February 2021
References
Shine, D. 2017 Archaeological Impact Assessment and Archaeological Testing Report. Friarspark (6th Divisionce) Licence: 17E0548. Unpublished report, CRDS
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Gatehouseunder 1 mi
- Barrow - bowl-barrowunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.