Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Fulacht fia
Carlanstown, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carlanstown
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.76117, -6.83876
- SMR number
- ME11-056----
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1636 map "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1636 · Vltoniae Orientalis Pars (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1869 · Ireland. (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
Archaeological testing (23E0738) by D. Gallagher of an area (c. 0.75 ha.) identified a spread of burnt mound material (excavations.ie 2023:181) which was completely excavated by Donald Murphy in October 2023 under the same licence when two fulachta fia were recorded (excavations.ie 2023:566). This feature consists of a thin mound of heat-shattered stones in a grey/black silty clay (dims 7.8m E-W; 4m N-S; T 0.05-0.15m). A smaller mound (diam. 3-3.8m; T 0.05-0.15m) was just to the N.
Nearby in the register
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.