Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Fulacht fia
Castleturvin, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Castleturvin
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.27269, -8.77581
- SMR number
- GA096-055----
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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 pastureland to the S of a pond fed by a small stream. Described by Cody (1989, 158, no. 15) as a large oval grass-covered mound (12m N-S; 6m E-W; H 1m), which narrowed slightly at its N end. Though lacking the classic horse-shoe shape he classified it as a fulacht fia. An exposed section at S indicated that it was composed of burnt stone. A small circular grass-covered mound (diam. 3m; H 0.5m), c. 3m to N, may also be composed of burnt stone (ibid.). Another fulacht fia (GA096-055----) lies c. 80m to the NNE.
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 18 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 Unpublished MA thesis, University College Galway.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
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Ecclesiastical enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.