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
- 53.11292, -9.23762
- SMR number
- CL002-074003-
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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 clearing, to the E of a N–S farm track, overlooking the Caher River in the Khyber Pass. Initially identified by Michael Mahon (1991). A classic horseshoe-shaped mound of burnt stone (overall dims. 14.3m N–S, 8.2m E–W; max H 1.4m; trough area 2.8m N–S; 3.3m E–W) open to the E. Two other fulachtaí fia (CL002-074002- and CL002-074----) are located c. 12m NNW and c. 45m SSW.
Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Ros Ó Maoldúin
Date of upload: 14 December 2020
Nearby in the register
- Fulacht fiaunder 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.