Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Fulacht fia
Baltrasna (ratoath By.), County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Baltrasna (ratoath By.)
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.49318, -6.38629
- SMR number
- ME045-031----
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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 low ground in a gently undulating, low-lying landscape with a spring c. 6m to the SW. Archaeological testing (03E1361) by D. Bonner identified two burnt mounds in Area 15 of the N2 Finglas to Ashbourne road and bypass (excavations.ie 2003: 1361) which were completely excavated (excavations.ie 2004:1179) by C. Murray under the same licence. This is a circular trough (diam. 1.2m x 1.2m; max. D 0.3m) with a hearth 1.15m to the NE visible as a spread of oxidized clay (dims 3.75m x 2.03m) outside the oval mound (dims 6.1m E-W; 4.5m; max. T 0.13m) of broken and burnt stone. The basal fill of the trough was a silty sand with burnt stone beneath the remains of a wooden plank. A covering of clay (T 0.08m) sealed the mound and formed the upper level of the trough. No artefacts were recovered. The fulacht fia (ME045-030----) is 43m to the NE. (Murray 2008)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 17 December 2021
References
Murray, C. 2008 N2 Finglas-Ashbourne Road Scheme. Report on Archaeological Excavation of Site 15, Baltrasna, Co. Meath. Licence No. 03E1361. Unpublished report, CRDS
Nearby in the register
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Field boundaryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.