Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Fulacht fia
Ahapouleen, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ahapouleen
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.22219, -8.94955
- SMR number
- GA103-006----
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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
At the N edge of a large tract of marshland. This fulacht fia is defined by a kidney-shaped mound (11.7m NE-SW) opening towards the NW. Burnt stone and clay are evident in a disturbed area in S the sector.
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 15 November 2019
Nearby in the register
- Wellunder 1 mi
- Wellunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.