Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Fulacht fia
Ballyconnoe North, County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyconnoe North
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 53.05133, -9.23244
- SMR number
- CL005-277----
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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
On a S-facing slope on the Burren plateau within a multiperiod field system (CL005-108001-). A subcircular area (diam. c. 12m) with a possible horseshoe shape, open to the W, visible on Digital Globe (2011-2013) and on OSi MapGenie orthophotography (2013-2018). This may be a fulacht fia. A subrectangular stone enclosure (CL009-005-) lies c. 190m to the SW.
Compiled by: Mary Tunney
Date of upload: 10 November 2025
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.