Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Fulacht fia
Gortmore (wormhole Ed), County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Gortmore (wormhole Ed)
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.38613, -9.14483
- SMR number
- GA068-020----
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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
On N bank of a stream in low-lying marshy ground and c.30m from E shore of Lough Corrib. A low mound of earth and stone (D 12m, H 1m), its present D-shaped plan being the result of modern upcast from the stream. At centre, there is a well-defined depression (D 4.8m) defined by two concentric drystone revetments, the inner and lower one enclosing an area 3m across. Traces of a raised causeway (L 2.5m) extend from the mound at WNW. Though no burnt stone or charcoal was noted, the siting and morphology suggest a fulacht fiadh, though the possibility of it being a lake dwelling cannot be ruled out.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. I - West Galway'. Compiled by Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993).
Date of upload: 05 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Boulder-burialunder 1 mi
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.