Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Fulacht fia
Ballyportry North, County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyportry North
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.96671, -9.04422
- SMR number
- CL017-083001-
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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 wet pasture on the E side of a S-flowing stream, with hazel woods immediately to the W and Shandangan Lough c. 140m to the S. Noted by Ryan (1966-1967) and indicated on Robinson’s map of the Burren (1977). This fulacht fia (c. 8.5m E-W; c. 8m N-S) comprises a bush-covered, U-shaped bank (Wth 2.2-4.4m; int. H 0.4-0.5m; ext. H 0.4-1.1m) of burnt and broken stones which is open towards the S and which encloses a small central area (L 2m; Wth 2m). A second fulacht fia (CL017-083002-) lies c. 10m to the NE and a possible third (CL017-083005-) lies just to the W of the stream.
Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy and Conn Herriott
Date of upload: 15-10-2025
References
Robinson, T. 1977 (reprint 1999) The Burren: a two-inch map of the uplands of North-West Clare. Map Scale 1:31680. Roundstone: Folding Landscapes. Ryan, Rev. M. 1966-7 Fulachta fiadha near Killinaboy, Co. Clare. North Munster Antiquarian Journal 10, 218-19.
Nearby in the register
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.