Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Fulacht fia
Glencolumbkille South, County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Glencolumbkille South
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.04291, -9.01792
- SMR number
- CL010-037002-
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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
In low-lying, wet pasture, with streams flowing to the S and E. Listed as ‘Fulachta fiadh’ in the RMP (1996). This fulacht fia comprises an elongated suboval mound (14m NNE-SSW; 6m ENE-WSW at N; av. H 1-1.2m) overgrown by trees, briars, moss and ferns but with exposed burnt stone and ash visible. The N end of the mound overlies a bedrock outcrop and there is a spread of burnt stone immediately to the W. A second fulachta fia (CL010-037003-) lies immediately adjacent to the S, and a third (CL010-037004-) a few metres beyond that. It appears that the two most northerly fulachta fia (CL010-037002-) and (CL010-037003-) were originally conjoined, but were separated by a later field wall. There is a holy well (CL010-038001-) c. 20m to the N.
Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy and Conn Herriott
Date of upload: 9 February 2023
Nearby in the register
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Architectural fragmentunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.