Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Fulacht fia
Curraghcloonabro East, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Curraghcloonabro East
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.32332, -8.77831
- SMR number
- CO007-173----
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1883 · Ireland 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1904 · Sheet 13. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
This record in the National Monuments Service's Historic Environment Viewer ↗
The National Monuments Service's description
In pasture, on a gentle WSW-facing slope and c. 10m S of a rath (CO007-013002-). A low, grass-covered, horseshoe-shaped mound (18m NW-SE; 15m NE-SW, H 0.2m) of heat-shattered stones and charcoal-enriched soil. The waterlogged opening (Wth 4m) faces NE. Two other fulachtaí fia (CO007-172----, CO007-013001-) lie c. 38m to the S and c. 80m to the NW, respectively.
The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009).
Date of upload: 22 December 2009
Nearby in the register
- Burnt spreadunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.