Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Fulacht fia
Ballyhoura, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyhoura
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.27436, -8.63606
- SMR number
- CO008-073----
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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
In level re-seeded pasture, c. 200m to the SSW of higher ground which is planted with coniferous trees. A large horseshoe-shaped fulacht fia was noted here in 2007 (pers. comm. Mary Sleeman). When visited in 2008, however, the mound had been levelled and only a spread of heat-shattered stones and charcoal-enriched soil surrounding a pond (4m N-S; 8m E-W) was visible. The concentration of heat-shattered stones and charcoal-enriched soil (c. 20m N-S; c. 20m E-W) is most noticeable to the NW of the pond where the grass is sparser.
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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Country houseunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.