Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Fulacht fia
Oughtmama, County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Oughtmama
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.12740, -9.03442
- SMR number
- CL003-060----
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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 grassy terrace on the W-facing slopes of Oughtmama hill. A compact, roughly crescent-shaped mound (8.5m E-W; 7.3m N-S; H 0.7-0.8m) formed of limestone fragments in a matrix of dark soil. Noted by Jane O’Shaughnessy. The mound curves slightly on its S side around a circular depression (c. 3.5m E-W; c. 3.5m N-S) which is outlined by a rough, gapped setting of low, upright slabs. The slabs form a double row in places and most tilt inwards towards the centre of the depression. Two springs are adjacent, emerging from the bedrock to the E, one immediately NE and the other 2-3m to the SE, both of which are enclosed by arcs of loose stone.
Compiled by: Mary Tunney
Date of upload: 22 October 2025
Nearby in the register
- Cliff-edge fortunder 1 mi
- Cliff-edge fortunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.