Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Fulacht fia
Ballymihil, County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballymihil
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.05575, -9.12033
- SMR number
- CL005-160014-
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1753 map "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1753 · Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
In elevated pasture overlooking a deep ravine to the NW, with commanding views, especially to the W. Within an extensive field system (CL005-160001-). A fulacht fia comprising an irregularly shaped mound of burnt stone orientated NNE-SSW (L 17m; Wth 10m; H 1-1.7m) and decreasing in height from S to N. The stone-lined trough sits within a slight hollow in the SW of the mound. The trough (L 2m; Wth 1.8m) is orientated NNE-SSW and consists of four slabs (max. H 0.15m). A later field wall overlies the E part of the monument.
Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Eve Campbell
Date of upload: 23 September 2025
Nearby in the register
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - wedge tombunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.