Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Fulacht fia
Baur South, County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Baur South
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.04664, -9.16360
- SMR number
- CL009-145002-
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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 in rough pasture within a multiperiod field system (CL009-255---), with a pond c. 10m to SE and a slightly higher ridge rising c. 50m to the N. This fulacht fia is defined by a C-shaped, grass-covered stony mound (7.4m NE-SW; 5.7m NW-SE; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 0.4-0.8m), open to NW and partly enclosing a slightly raised level area (c. 2.8m NE-SW; 1.8m NW-SE). An enclosure (CL009-212----) lies c. 60m to the NNW.
The following image has been uploaded:
CL009-145002-_01.jpg View from W.
Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Conn Herriott
Date of upload: 21 June 2022
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - wedge tombunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.