Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Fulacht fia
Palmerstown, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Palmerstown
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.28219, -8.83080
- SMR number
- GA083-069----
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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 low-lying flat marshland. When initially inspected in July 1992, this fulacht fia consisted of a grassed-over horseshoe-shaped mound of burnt stone (12m E-W; 10m N-S; H 1m) opening to the WSW. A drain was visible c. 15m to its S. Another fulacht fia (GA083-070----) lay to the SE. On re-inspection in June 2006, the entire field was found to have been cleared in advance of pre-development works and access road had been laid. The fulacht fiadh had been levelled.
Compiled by: Olive Alcock
Date of upload: 11 July 2023
Nearby in the register
- Burialunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.