Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Fulacht fia
Deelin More, County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Deelin More
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 53.08041, -9.09165
- SMR number
- CL006-213----
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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 a terrace on the SE slopes of Ailwee Hill at the base of a steep rock face formed by the stepped limestone pavement. A low subcircular mound of burnt stone (10m x 8m; H 0.8m) between two small walled-off water enclosures. An active spring is located within 5m of the mound. Another fulacht fia (CL006-214----), also fed by a spring, lies c. 25m to the NE. This monument was reported to the National Monuments Service by Michael Gibbons.
The following image has been uploaded:
CL006-213----_01.jpg View of fulacht fia from SE.
Compiled by: Mary Tunney
Date of upload: 15 June 2021
Nearby in the register
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Field systemunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.