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Fulacht fia

Clonee (Dunboyne By.), County Meath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Fulacht fia, Clonee, 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
Clonee (Dunboyne By.)
County
Meath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.41057, -6.44888
SMR number
ME051-040001-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1799 map "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · 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 the S-facing slope of a slight rise in the flood-plain of the NW-SE Tolka River which is c. 220m to the N. Archaeological monitoring (08E0605) by C. McCarthy of topsoil stripping over an extensive area (max. dims c. 450m N-S; c. 350m E-W) identified five areas with archaeological deposits and features (McCarthy and Mitchell 2008; excavations.ie 2008:943). One was post-medieval, another (ME051-043----) is to be preserved in situ, and the other three were fully resolved (08E0840) by the same archaeologist (excavations.ie 2008:944).

Around the waterhole (ME051-040----) were some pits filled with soils that have traces of broken and burnt stone, and a rectangular, flat-bottomed pit (dims 1.95m NW-SE; 1.9m NE-SW; max. D 0.26m) at the SE edge of the waterhole has a post-hole at each corner. It undoubtedly served as a trough as it was filled with broken and burnt stone. A gully (L 13m plus; Wth; max. D 0.25m), originating in a pit (dims 0.93m x 0.65m; D 0.25m) c. 3m N of the trough, extended E and both features were filled with burnt mound material. However, only two small spreads (dims 0.5; 1.15m) of the burnt mound itself were in evidence c. 10m NE of the trough and 2-3m NE of the hearth. (McCarthy et al. 2009, 39-45)

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 9 November 2021

References

McCarthy, C., Mitchell, N. and D. Maguire 2009 Flood Amelioration Project, Clonee, Co. Meath. Licence: 08E0840. Final Excavation Report. Unpublished report, Vol 1 of 2 vols Arch-Tech

McCarthy, C. and Mitchell, N. 2008 Archaeological Monitoring Report. Flood Amelioration Project, Clonee, Co. Meath. Licence: 08E0605. Unpublished report, Arch-Tech

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

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