Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Mound
Rossalia, County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rossalia
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.14176, -9.03453
- SMR number
- CL003-021002-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
Listed as ‘Fulacht fiadh’ in the SMR (1992) and as ‘Fulachta Fiadh’ in the RMP (1996). Coffey (1995, 16-17) says that the the Comyn memorial (CL002-021004-) is set on a fulacht fia. On inspection in 1997 this was found to be a small mound (diam. c. 2m; H 0.2-0.3m). There is no trace of any fulachta fia at this location.
Revised by: Mary Tunney
Date of revision: 28 January 2020
References
Coffey, T. 1995. Fieldnotes. The Other Clare 19, 15-17.
Spellissy, S. 1987 Clare: county of contrasts. Ennis. Privately published.
Nearby in the register
- Leacht cuimhneunder 1 mi
- Rock scribing - folk artunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Rock scribing - folk artunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.