Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Fulacht fia
Caherweelder, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Caherweelder
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.19668, -8.82831
- SMR number
- GA103-081----
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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
Some 90m NE of a stream in an area subject to flooding. This fulacht fia is defined by a kidney-shaped mound (10.1m ENE-WSW; 6.8m ESE-WNW; H 0.7m) with a trough area (Wth 1.64m; D 1.24m) opening towards the SSE. Another fulacht fia (GA103-083----) lies c. 130m to the SW.
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 18 November 2019
Nearby in the register
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Wellunder 1 mi
- Wellunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.