Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Fulacht fia
Caherbarnagh, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Caherbarnagh
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.04388, -9.20786
- SMR number
- CO038-168----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
At the base of a steep WNW-facing slope and on the WNW side of a field boundary and stream. In 1995, a roughly circular mound (diam. 13.9m; H 1m) with a central depression (D 0.3m) and a SW-facing opening was recorded here (SMR file). The field has since been planted with coniferous trees but the fulacht fia is fenced off with a wire fence. Though it is densely covered with briars it was possible to identify heat-shattered stones and charcoal-enriched soil which extends under the wire fence to the SE. On the opposite side of the field boundary at E is a wet marshy area.
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
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Field boundaryunder 1 mi
- Field boundaryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.