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
- 52.96667, -9.04436
- SMR number
- CL017-083005-
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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 pastureland on the W side of a S-flowing stream, with hazel woods immediately to the W and Shandangan Lough c. 140m to the S. A small grass-covered mound (diam. 2.5m; H 0.5m) of burnt stone may be the remains of a fulacht fia. Two other fulachta fia (CL017-083001- and CL017-083002-) lie just across the stream to the E.
Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy
Date of upload: 15-10-2025
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.