Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Fulacht fia
Creevagh (burren By.), County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Creevagh (burren By.)
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.01116, -9.09141
- SMR number
- CL010-211----
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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 uneven, overgrown ground in the narrow ENE-WSW orientated Glencurran canyon, at the base of the canyon’s quite steep N side and with a spring immediately to the E. This large fulacht fia (23m N-S; 18m E-W) comprises a grass-covered, horseshoe-shaped bank (Wth 6-7m; int. H 1-2m; ext. H 1.7-min. 2m) of burnt stone and ash which is open to the N, against the canyon side. There are some very large stones embedded in the bank, and it is heavily overgrown at the N. The interior space is generally flat and marshy. There is a cashel (CL010-047014-) c. 57m to the NW and a hut site (CL010-278----) c. 100m to the SW.
Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Conn Herriott
Date of upload: 20 June 2023
Nearby in the register
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.