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Fulacht fia

Cahereamore, County Clare, Ireland

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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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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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

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

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