Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Fulacht fia
Derry (longford By.), County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Derry (longford By.)
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.17560, -8.12843
- SMR number
- GA108-067001-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
This record in the National Monuments Service's Historic Environment Viewer ↗
The National Monuments Service's description
Some 3.5m to the E of another fulacht fia (GA108-067----). This fairly well-preserved fulacht fia is defined by a horseshoe-shaped grass-covered mound (13.8m E-W; 12.8m N-S; H 1.2m) which opens towards the E. Another fulach fia (GA108-067002-) lies c. 50m to the NE.
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 25 November 2019
Nearby in the register
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Quarryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.