Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Fulacht fia
Knockans Upper, County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Knockans Upper
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.01790, -9.02995
- SMR number
- CL010-075----
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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
Against a S-facing bedrock outcrop cliff, on elevated ground in rough pasture and bushes, with a spring well 15m to the W. Marked on Robinson’s (1977) map. This fulacht fia comprises a semi-circular mound (15m E-W; 13m N-S; max. H 1.2-1.4m) with some stone facing on its SE slope. At the E part of the mound is an apparently later subcircular cairn (2.8m E-W; 2.2m N-S) of unburnt stones, with several upright stones (max. H 0.48m) on its E side. Extending N from this cairn is a wall (Wth 0.6-0.8m) which also appears to be relatively modern in date. There are burnt stones around the nearby spring to the W.
Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Conn Herriott
Date of upload: 24 May 2023
Nearby in the register
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.