Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Fulacht fia
Murrooghtoohy South, County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Murrooghtoohy South
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.13735, -9.28167
- SMR number
- CL001-002----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1753 "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
On level karst pavement c. 400m E of the seashore, overlooked by improved pasture to the E. A fulacht fia (15.7m E–W; 12.1m N–S; ext. H 1.7m; int. H 1.4m) comprising a horseshoe-shaped mound of burnt stone, the composition of which is visible on its eroded E side. Its W-facing mouth is cut off by a low stony bank (H 0.3m) and a flat internal space (c. 3m x 3m) is likely the location of a trough. A collapsed limekiln (CL001-002002-) abuts the N side of the fulacht fiadh. A stock watering pond fed by a lintelled gryke 10m to the NW and a spring enclosed by a drystone wall 18m NNW indicate possible associated water sources. Robinson’s map (1977) marks a fulacht fia c. 120m to the SSE, however, there is no feature at that location and it likely meant to record this fulacht fia. It is also recorded in ‘Burren Journey West’ (Cunningham 1980, 31).
Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Ros Ó Maoldúin
Date of upload: 14 September 2020
References
Cunningham, G. 1980 Burren journey West. Shannonside Mid-Western Regional Tourism Organisation.
Robinson, T. 1977 (revised 1999) The Burren: a two-inch map of the uplands of north-west Clare. Map scale 1:31680. Roundstone: Folding Landscapes.
Nearby in the register
- Kiln - limeunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.