Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Fulacht fia
Fahee North, County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Fahee North
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.04621, -9.04303
- SMR number
- CL010-132----
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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 a clearing in an area of mixed scrub, exposed limestone pavement and rough grazing. Reported by Tom Coffey (SMR file). This fulacht fia is a grass-covered but well-defined, irregular-shaped mound (12m N-S; 9.8m E-W; H 0.4-0.8m) in which burnt stone and ash are visible in places.
Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy and Conn Herriott
Date of upload: 26 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.