Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Fulacht fia
Formoyle East, County Clare, Ireland
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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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 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
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.