Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Fulacht fia
Cahereamore, County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cahereamore
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.98180, -9.25654
- SMR number
- CL015-135----
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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 damp pasture at the bottom of a N-facing slope with restricted views, c. 70m N of a stream. A fulacht fia comprising a subcircular, grass-covered, flat-topped mound (15.3m E-W; 11.7m N-S; H 0.5-0.8m) composed of burnt stone. The monument was identified by a local farmer during the laying of a pipe drain, and the gravel fill of the drain can be seen for 2.5m from the base of the mound to the N.
Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Eve Campbell
Date of upload: 29 October 2025
Nearby in the register
- House - 16th/17th centuryunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Barrow - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.