Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Fulacht fia
Drom North, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Drom North
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.66190, -9.94298
- SMR number
- CO115-111001-
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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 a gentle E-facing slope. A horseshoe-shaped mound (7.6m E-W; 6.2m N-S; H 0.65m) of heat-shattered stones and charcoal-enriched soil, partially covered by rushes. The opening (Wth 2.2m) faces S onto marshy ground. The fulacht fia is surrounded by blanket bog (D 0.2-0.4m). There is a hut site (CO115-111001-) c. 5m to the N.
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
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Field boundaryunder 1 mi
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Field boundaryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.