Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Fulacht fia
Rossmackowen Commons, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rossmackowen Commons
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.67569, -9.80592
- SMR number
- CO116-029----
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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 N bank of a stream. A horseshoe-shaped gorse-covered mound (10.4m E-W; 7.4m N-S; H 1.2m) of heat-shattered stones and charcoal-enriched soil. The opening (Wth 4m) faces marshy ground to the N. The S side of the mound is partially eroded exposing heat-shattered stones and charcoal-enriched soil as well as some large stones. Another fulacht fia (CO116-028----) lies c. 60m to the SW.
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
- Field boundaryunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Settlement clusterunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.