Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Fulacht fia
Carran, County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carran
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.02178, -9.12467
- SMR number
- CL009-078002-
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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 ground on the floor of Poulacarran Valley, in pasture with a steep slope rising immediately to the W. The area is seasonally inundated by a turlough. Reported to the National Monuments Service by Tom Coffey (SMR file). A circular grass-covered mound (diam. 10m; H 0.3m) of soft clay, quite noticeable above the floor of the turlough. This is likely to be a fulacht fia that has been silted over. A cashel (CL009-077001-) lies c. 53m to the WSW.
Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Conn Herriott
Date of upload: 12 April 2022
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.