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
- 51.76137, -9.54270
- SMR number
- CO090-026005-
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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 grazing, on the E bank of a stream and within a network of field boundaries (CO090-026001-). A horseshoe-shaped mound (14m N-S; 8m E-W; H 1.4m) of heat-shattered stones and charcoal-enriched soil. The opening (Wth 3m) faces the stream to the W. Gorse bushes and holly trees grow on the mound. A fulacht fia (CO090-026006-) and a burnt mound (CO090-026007-) lie c. 20m and c. 60m to the SSE, respectively. A standing stone (CO090-008001-) and a radial stone cairn (CO090-008002-) lie c. 110m to the W.
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
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
- Cairn - radial-stone cairnunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.