Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Fulacht fia
Coolageela West, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Coolageela West
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Fulacht Fiadh (1937)
- Coordinates
- 52.21879, -8.90444
- SMR number
- CO015-092----
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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 rough grazing, c. 15m N of well. Oval mound of burnt material (13.7m NE-SW; c. 16m SE-NW; H 0.75m); central depression (diam. 4.1m; D 0.5m). Platform (H 0.55m), with shallow fosse (D 0.4m) to NE, surrounds mound from NW->ESE, extending max. distance of 9.1m from edge of mound. Probably one of ten fulachta fiadh (see 10547) recorded in townland by Bowman (1934, 397-8).
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 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.