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Fulacht fia

Ballynamona (Deece Lower By.), County Meath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Fulacht fia, Ballynamona, County Meath, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

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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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. C. Kon: Ireland. a. Prov: Leinster. Counties: 1-12 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (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 Unpublished report, Archaeological Consultancy Services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

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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