Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Fulacht fia
Cummer, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cummer
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.46579, -8.89362
- SMR number
- GA043-076001-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
In field of rock outcrop. An oval-shaped mound (NNW-SSE c. 8.6m, ENE-WSW c. 6m, H 0.85m max.) in fair condition. A disturbed area at E reveals burnt stone and clay. Though there is no stream in the area, the land to N and E was previously liable to flooding. Another fulacht fiadh (GA043-076005-) lies c. 60m to SW.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999).
Date of upload: 05 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.