Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Fulacht fia
Poulnalour, County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Poulnalour
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.00584, -9.04558
- SMR number
- CL010-104002-
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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 slightly raised ground c. 30m to the NW or WNW of Lough Avalla. Indicated on Robinson’s (1977) map. Listed as ‘Fulachta fia’ in the RMP (1996), in reference to this and another fulacht fia (CL010-104001-) c. 20m to the NNE, and possibly a third nearby according to a map annotation by Tom Coffey (SMR file). Not visible at ground level during an inspection in 1999.
Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Conn Herriott
Date of upload: 31 May 2023
Nearby in the register
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.