Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Fulacht fia
Ballynamona (deece Lower By.), County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballynamona (deece Lower By.)
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.50701, -6.70270
- SMR number
- ME043-058----
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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
Located on a S-facing slope. Archaeological monitoring (03E0622) in advance of a quarry development identified a mound of fire-cracked stones (dims 6.35m x 3.5m) with two smaller spreads (dims 1.25m x 1.15m; 3.15m x 2.21m) and two pits (dims 2.5m x 1.15m: 2.2m x 1.7m) filled with burnt stone material in the same area. As it was at the edge of the quarry the material was preserved in situ. (Murphy 2003; 2006)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 4 April, 2019
References
Murphy, D. 2003 Archaeological Monitoring, Ballynamona, Summerhill, Co. Meath. Licence: 03E0622. Unpublished report, Archaeological Consultancy Services
Murphy, D. 2006 Ballynamona: Fulacht fia. in I. Bennett (ed.) Excavations 2003: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 361, No. 1360. Bray, Wordwell
Nearby in the register
- Castle - motteunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.