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
- 53.28190, -8.83003
- SMR number
- GA083-070----
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1753 map "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1753 · Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
In low-lying marshland. When visited in July 1992, this fulacht fia consisted the remains of a horseshoe-shaped mound (10m N-S; 3m E-W; H 0.6m) opening to the W. It was defined by two low grass-covered mounds partially connected at E by a low rise. The trough area, trapezoidal in plan, was 3m wide at the mouth and narrowed to 1.3m at the back. The monument was subsequently bulldozed in 1995 (information from Prof. Rynne).
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 27 November 2019
Nearby in the register
- Burialunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.