Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Fulacht fia
Knockglass (muskerry East By.), County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Knockglass (muskerry East By.)
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Fulacht Fiadh (1938)
- Coordinates
- 51.94030, -8.89142
- SMR number
- CO060-130----
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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 coniferous plantation. Inspected in 2012 it consists of a U-shaped mound (max. dims. 13.7m ENE-WSW, 9.4m NNW-SSE; max. H 1.55m) of burnt stone and charcoal-rich soil with an opening to the NNW. The opening in the centre of the mound is c. 4.5 wide (pers. comm. E. Byrnes).
Revised by: Paul Walsh
Date of upload: 02 August 2012
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.