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Fulacht fia

Derreen (Kilshanny ED), County Clare, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Fulacht fia, Derreen, County Clare, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Derreen (Kilshanny ED)
County
Clare
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.97704, -9.30553
SMR number
CL015-130----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1753 map "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1753 · Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

In low-lying marshy ground alongside a small stream that flows W, with higher ground on all sides, but with views to the NW. A fulacht fia comprising a subcircular mound (15.3m N-S; 13.7m E-W; H 0.2m) with a subrectangular hollow toward its SW edge (4m N-S; 2.4m E-W; D 0.5m). To the E, an earthen lip (H 0.5m; Wth 2m) may form part of the monument or may be a natural feature. The mound is covered in long grass, nettles and some scattered field stones. A ringfort (CL015-014----) lies c. 76m to the NW and a ring-barrow (CL015-019----) lies c. 113m to the ESE.

 

Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Eve Campbell

 

Date of upload: 29 October 2025

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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