Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Fulacht fia
Garranachole , County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Garranachole
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.16146, -8.52910
- SMR number
- CO026-198----
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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)
- 1882 · Ireland (southern half). (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1883 · Ireland 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1904 · Sheet 13. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
In level pasture at the base of a SW-facing slope and on the W side of a pond. A low circular grass-covered mound (24m WNW-ESE; 22m NNE-SSW) of burnt material is defined by a scarp (max. H 0.75m) W-NE and elsewhere by a slight rise. A stream from the pond flows to the N of the fulacht fia.
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
- Ritual site - holy tree/bushunder 1 mi
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.