Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Fulacht fia
Rossnashunsoge, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rossnashunsoge
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.76228, -9.54040
- SMR number
- CO090-026003-
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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 rough hill grazing, in a wet hollow within a network of field boundaries (CO090-026001-). A horseshoe-shaped mound (8m N-S; 7m E-W; H 1.4m) of heat-shattered stones and charcoal-enriched soil. The damaged opening (Wth 2.8m) faces W. The mound is partially eroded and gorse-covered. An E-W sheep path has cut through the mound at E. A fulacht fia (CO090-026010-) and a burnt mound (CO090-026011-) lie c. 60m to the S and SSE, respectively.
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
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.