Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Fulacht fia
Caherbaroul, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Caherbaroul
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Carn (Remains of) (1938)
- Coordinates
- 51.95464, -8.92446
- SMR number
- CO060-076001-
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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)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
In marshy ground, c. 30m NW of another fulacht fiadh (CO060-076002-). Low, roughly circular mound of burnt material (L 12m; Wth 11m; H 0.5m). Internal revetment of 19 stones; rectangular stone-built trough exposed. Described as a 'kerb-circle' by Hartnett (1939, 42).
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). 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
- Standing stone - pairunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - wedge tombunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.