Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Fulacht fia
Curraghnalaght, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Curraghnalaght
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.94675, -8.54986
- SMR number
- CO062-211----
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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. Grass-covered mound of burnt material (40m NE-SW; 18m NW-SE; H0.45m). Visible in aerial photograph (CASAP) as horseshoe-shaped soil mark. Second fulacht fiadh (CO062-212---) 28m to W. Archaeological test-trenching here confirmed the presence of the badly disturbed remains of a fulacht fia (pers. comm. D. Sutton).
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
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Stone rowunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.