Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Fulacht fia
Knockadaumore, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Knockadaumore
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.21013, -8.65258
- SMR number
- GA105-136----
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 low-lying flat marshland. This fulacht fia is defined by a well-preserved grassed-over kidney-shaped mound (NNE-SSW c. 19m; ENE-WSW 10m; H 0.6m) with a central depression (L 4.9m; Wth 4.25m) opening to the WSW.
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 26 November 2019
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Wellunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.