Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Fulacht fia
Raheen Oughter, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Raheen Oughter
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.18647, -8.62650
- SMR number
- GA105-175001-
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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 marshy land c. m to the N of a stream. On inspection in October 1982 this fulacht fia consisted of two low mounds, c. 2.6m apart, composed of black earth and burnt stone. The N mound (7.5m E-W) was more clearly defined than the S one (5m E-W). Current OSi aerial imagery suggests that the monument was levelled when the nearby house was constructed. Two other fulachta fia (GA105-175---- and GA105-175002-) lay c. 20m to the N and c. 60m to the SW respectively.
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 27 November 2019
Nearby in the register
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Quarryunder 1 mi
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.