Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Fulacht fia
Ballynastaig (dunkellin By.), County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballynastaig (dunkellin By.)
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.19902, -8.81894
- SMR number
- GA103-048003-
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 1753 "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
In pastureland. When originally visited in December 1982, this possible fulacht fia was visible as a small irregular mound within a turlough lake. Black earth and burnt cracked limestone were evident. Another fulacht fia (GA103-048001-) was visible on the W edge of the lake. On re-inspection in June 1992 the turlough was still risen but no visible trace of the mound was evident.
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 18 November 2019
Nearby in the register
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
- Wellunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.