Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Fulacht fia
An Cheathrú Bhán, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- An Cheathrú Bhán
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.53596, -9.33711
- SMR number
- GA027-045001-
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1753 "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Abutting another fulacht fia (GA027-045----) to the SW. The rear of the fulacht fia (GA027-045----) is very wide (max. Wth 7m; ext. H 0.8m) and a possible truncated arm abutting it at SW may indicate the presence of a second fulacht fia. The stump of the possible arm may have been truncated by the NW-SE running trackway to its SW and the opposing arm may have been removed when the drystone well was constructed to the SE. The well is located where the second trough would be expected to be.
Compiled by: Olive Alcock
Date of upload: 15 August 2023
Nearby in the register
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Caveunder 1 mi
- Burialunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.