Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Fulacht fia
Murrooghtoohy North, County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Murrooghtoohy North
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 53.14331, -9.27062
- SMR number
- CL001-035----
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1753 map "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1753 · Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae (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
On the W slopes of Black head. A fulacht fia (c. 16m N-S; 4.5m E-W; H up to 1.4m) consisting of a curving bank of burnt stone covered by a mantle of sod. Burnt stone is visible where cattle have torn the sod exposing the shattered stone. A spring issues from the base of the hill 4m from the likely location of the trough. A number of bushes are growing on the mound and a farm track is located a short distance to the N. This monument was reported to the National Monuments Service by Michael Gibbons.
Compiled by: Mary Tunney
Date of upload: 15 June 2021
Nearby in the register
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.