Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Fulacht fia
Coney Island, County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Coney Island
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.70569, -9.01823
- SMR number
- CL060-043----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
At the S end of Coney Island in the Fergus Estuary. Described by O’Sullivan et al. (2010) as follows: ‘A possible fulacht fiadh is located on the southern tip of Coney Island. It is a horseshoe shaped grass-covered mound, 1.5m high by 3m long. It is 30m from the shore on both sides. Without further investigation it is difficult to classify this monument’. (O’Sullivan et al. 2010, Appendix 1, 77, Coney Island 5)
Compiled by: Mary Tunney
Date of upload: 14 October 2019
References
O'Sullivan, A., Dillon, M., Sands, R., McDermott, C., Shaw, R., Devlin, G. 2010 The Fergus Estuary and Islands: discovering a maritime historic landscape in Co. Clare. Report to the Heritage Council. University College Dublin, School of Archaeology in association with the Discovery Programme.
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Field systemunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.