Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Fulacht fia
Kilmacshane (turbett), County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilmacshane (turbett)
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.22674, -8.04351
- SMR number
- GA101-077----
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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 low-lying marshy pastureland overlooking woodland to the N. On inspection in April 1992 this fulacht fia consisted of a low crescentic mound (12.3m E-W; 11m N-S; H <0.4m) with a slight water-logged hollow (6.2m N-S; 4.2m E-W) in the centre opening to the N. Some cracked burnt stone and black earth was visible on the mound, which was partly overgrown with rushes. There was a drain immediately to the N. On re-inspection in April 2008 the monument was not located. It may have been obscured by some of the dense growth of briars in the area. There are three other fulachta fia in the area - see GA101-076----, GA101-078---- and GA101-079----.
Compiled by: Olive Alcock
Date of upload: 26 November 2019
Nearby in the register
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.