Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Fulacht fia
Keelhilla, County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Keelhilla
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1916)
- Coordinates
- 53.07447, -8.99453
- SMR number
- CL006-068001-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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 level rough grazing and bare rock pavement c. 15m E of a cliff (H 4m) from the base of which two springs emerge to feed a small stream which flows past the SW and S limits of the site. The site is clear of overgrowth, but it is surrounded by dense hazel and thorn. Listed as ‘Earthwork’ in the SMR (1992) and the RMP (1996). Hachured on the 1840 and 1915 eds. of the OS 6-inch maps. A well-preserved, horseshoe-shaped, grass-covered, burnt mound (external dims. 20.5m N–S; 12.3m E–W; H 1–1.6m) open to the W and with a central trough area (5.8m N–S; 5m E–W). The composition of the mound is visible at SW where livestock have eroded the sod cover and a relatively modern wall of large blocks and boulders surrounds the site.
Compiled by: Mary Tunney
Date of upload: 29 September 2021
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.