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Fulacht fia

Formoyle East, County Clare, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Fulacht fia, Formoyle East, County Clare, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Formoyle East
County
Clare
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.11262, -9.23830
SMR number
CL002-074----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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 a SW-facing rock outcrop overlooking the Caher River in the Khyber Pass. Initially identified by Michael Mahon (1991). A mound of burnt stone split in two by a relatively modern N–S orientated track. The W portion is oval (c. 7.5m N–S x 5.5m E–W; H 1.4m). The E portion is roughly circular (3m N–S; 3m E–W; H 0.6m) and located c. 3m from the N end of the W portion. The mound was probably once a classic horseshoe-shape (c. 11.5m E–W; 7.5m N–S; max. H 1.4m) open to the S. The remains of two other fulachtaí fia (CL002-074002- and CL002-074003-) are located c. 45m to the NNE.

Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Ros Ó Maoldúin

Date of upload: 14 December 2020

References

McMahon, M. 1991 In Clare fields. The Other Clare 15, 46-8.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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