Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Fulacht fia
Moyode, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Moyode
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.26579, -8.72292
- SMR number
- GA096-138----
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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 pastureland which is subject to flooding from a turlough c. 50m to the S. This fulacht fia was described by Cody (1989, 162, no. 21) as a well-preserved grass-covered crescentic mound (7m N-S; 6m E-W; H 0.5m), opening towards the W. Natural rock outcrop at S was probably incorporated into it as it expanded with use. A burnt mound (GA096-137----) lies c. 55m to the NW.
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 Unpublished MA thesis, University College Galway.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
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
- Designed landscape featureunder 1 mi
- Designed landscape featureunder 1 mi
- Designed landscape featureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.