Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Fulacht fia
Gleninsheen, County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Gleninsheen
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.07254, -9.14148
- SMR number
- CL005-181----
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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
In elevated exposed rocky pasture, c. 14m NNW of a stream and within a multiperiod field system (CL005-104001-). Noted by Tom Coffey in 1994 (SMR file). A fulacht fia comprising a small irregular stony mound (5-6m ESE-WNW; H 0.8-1m). Burnt stone and ash are visible where the mound has been disturbed by digging, and large stones are also visible within its fabric. There is no trace of a trough.
Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Eve Campbell
Date of upload: 8 October 2025
Nearby in the register
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - wedge tombunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.