Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Fulacht fia
Tullyhirm, County Monaghan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Tullyhirm
- County
- Monaghan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.25496, -6.95004
- SMR number
- MO009-074----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1636 "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Discovered prior to road construction (Excavation Licence No. 04E1159). A spread of charcoal-rich silt and heat shattered stones (dims. c. 5m x 2m; D 0.25m) was initially uncovered. This sealed a large sub-circular pit (2.3m x 1.7m; D 0.25m) which possibly represented the remains of a trough. A sample of charcoal from the stone spread produce a C14 determination of 2140-1740 Cal. BC (Walsh 2009, 5-6). (Walsh F. 2007, 357)
Date of revised upload: 5 December 2017
References
Walsh F. 2007, Tullyhirm 2 Burnt mound. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2004: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 357 (No. 1374). Bray. Wordwell
Walsh, T. 2009 N2 Monaghan Town Bypass: Site 2: Tullyhirm 2: Stratigraphic Report: Unpublished report. Licence No. 04E1159. Irish Archaeological Consultancy
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.