Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Fulacht fia
Barrees, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Barrees
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.70548, -9.92170
- SMR number
- CO102-031009-
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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 pasture, on the N bank of a river. A horseshoe-shaped grass-covered mound (9.4m E-W; 5.9m N-S; H 0.65m) with its opening (Wth 2m) facing S. Heat-shattered stones and charcoal-enriched soil are exposed at SE where the mound is being eroded. An outcropping rock is incorporated into the mound at NW. A burnt mound (CO102-031008-) lies c. 140m to the NE.
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
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.