Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Fulacht fia
Ballyhoolahan West, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyhoolahan West
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Fulachta Fiadh (1937)
- Coordinates
- 52.16397, -9.02151
- SMR number
- CO022-147001-
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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 pasture. Mound of burnt material (c. 27.7m NE-SW; 44.8m NW-SE) crossed by field fence extending NE-SW; field fence contains burnt material. On W side of fence mound is c. 0.25m high, lower on E side. Second fulacht fiadh (10317) c. 30m to E. Probably one of 19 fulachta fiadh (see 10318) recorded in townland by Bowman (1934, 493).
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
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.