Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Fulacht fia
Johnstown (moyfenrath Lower By., Rathcore Par.), County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Johnstown (moyfenrath Lower By., Rathcore Par.)
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.40855, -6.83808
- SMR number
- ME048-027----
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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 slight E-facing slope in a fairly level low-lying landscape. Archaeological monitoring (01E0367) of a pipeline identified a fulacht fia in area A that was subsequently excavated (01E0561) (Elliott 2001). It consisted of a rectangular trough (dims 1.7m E-W; 1m N-S; D 0.2m) with a primary fill of grey/black soil with some burnt stone and charcoal inclusions. The top of the trough splayed outwards and there was a post-hole surrounded by burnt stake-holes in each corner of the trough at the base. The trough was accompanied by a pit (dims 0.48m x 0.42m; D 0.1m) with an oval depression nearby. There was no evidence of a hearth, and the excavator postulates that it was only used once and might have had a leather lining. (Elliott 2001a, 2003)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload; 14 August 2019
References
Elliott, R. 2003 Johnstown. Fulacht fia. In I. Bennett (ed.) Excavations 2001: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 299, No. 972. Bray, Wordwell
Elliott, R. 2001 Archaeological monitoring at Johnstown, Enfield, Co. Meath. Licence No. 01E0367. Unpublished report, Archaeological Development Services
Elliott, R. 2001a Excavation of a Fulacht Fiadh in Johnstown, Enfield, Co. Meath. Licence No. 01E0561. Unpublished report, Archaeological Development Services
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