Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Fulacht fia
Croagh North, County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Croagh North
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.08884, -9.18689
- SMR number
- CL005-026002-
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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 rocky ground in hazel overgrowth c. 10m to the W of a stream and within a field system (CL005-026001-). A linear N-S orientated fulacht fia mound (11m N-S; 5m E-W; max H. 1m at S) of burnt stone, with a slight curve to the W at its N end.
Compiled by: Olive Alcock and Ros Ó Maoldúin
Date of upload: 24 January 2022
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ecclesiastical enclosureunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.