Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Fulacht fia
Cloghballybeg, County Cavan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cloghballybeg
- County
- Cavan
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.81384, -6.99208
- SMR number
- CV040-051----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1636 "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Monitoring of topsoil removal on the Northeastern Pipeline (Phase 3) revealed a small fulacht fia, lying at the summit of a NE-facing slope towards Mullagh Lough. It had maximum dimensions of 8m x 8m with a centrally placed, stone-lined pit (dims. 1.8m x 1m; D 0.55m). The burnt mound material had a maximum depth of 0.2m around the trough. There were no other finds or related features. (Gowan 1993, 4)
Compiled by: Paul Walsh
Date of upload: 18 April 2012
References
Gowan, M. 1993 Cloughballybeg, Fulacht Fiadh. Excavations 1992: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 4. Bray. Wordwell.
Nearby in the register
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.