Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Fulacht fia
Gleninagh North, County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Gleninagh North
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.13334, -9.20311
- SMR number
- CL002-009001-
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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 a narrow terrace (Wth 20–30m) of a N-facing slope, 10m ENE from a spring at the foot of Cappanawalla hill, c. 500m S of the foreshore. Depicted on Robison’s map (1977). A classic horseshoe-shaped fulacht fia (16m NW–SE x 13.7m NE–SW; max. H 1.7m) opening to the WSW. Two large boulders at SW and WSW delimit the trough area (5.8m NW–SE x 5.3m NE–SW).
Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Ros Ó Maoldúin
Date of upload: 25 November 2020
References
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
- Middenunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Stone sculptureunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.