Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Fulacht fia
Somerset, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Somerset
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.26773, -8.22675
- SMR number
- GA100-158----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
In rough grazing land close to a turlough. This fulacht fia is defined by a well-preserved horseshoe-shaped mound (9.2m E-W; H 0.3m) opening to the S. Burnt limestone was evident. A rath lies c. 45m to the NNW.
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 16 August 2023
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.