Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Fulacht fia
Burrow Or Glennanummer, County Offaly, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Burrow Or Glennanummer
- County
- Offaly
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.39097, -7.64982
- SMR number
- OF002-052----
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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
Testing was carried out by Tim Coughlan of Irish Archaeological Consultancy Ltd, under licence No. E2678, as part of an archaeological mitigation programme associated with the N6 Kilbeggan to Athlone dual carriageway. The site was identified during testing undertaken by Tim Coughlan of IAC Ltd in July 2005 (A016/029). The site was excavated in April 2006. An excavation area measuring 30m by 30m was opened. The site consisted of a burnt mound/fulacht fiadh. A shallow rectangular trough with the remains of fragmentary timber lining was identified. The trough was c. 2.1m long, c. 1.13m wide and c. 0.23m deep. The mound material was thin and scattered, showing significant disturbance (Bennett 2010, 570).
Compiled by Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload/revision : 23 November 2011
Nearby in the register
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.