Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Fulacht fia
Kingsland South, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kingsland South
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.29471, -8.72810
- SMR number
- GA084-091----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1753 "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
This record in the National Monuments Service's Historic Environment Viewer ↗
The National Monuments Service's description
In flat pastureland, immediately to the N of a stream running NE-SW. This fulacht fia is defined by a well-preserved horseshoe-shaped mound (19m N-S; 15.5m E-W; H 1.3m) with a central depression opening to the N. The stream has been artificially widened, causing disturbance to the mound's exterior at S. Both here and at NE black earth and burnt limestone are visible. Some slippage has occurred at E and W. (Cody 1989, 160-61, no. 19)
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 26 November 2019
References
Cody, E. 1989 An archaeological survey of the barony of Athenry, Co. Galway. Unpublished MA thesis, University College Galway.
Nearby in the register
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Crossunder 1 mi
- Wellunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.