Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Fulacht fia
Inis Oírr, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Inis Oírr
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.05046, -9.51793
- SMR number
- GA120A006----
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
This possible fulacht fiadh came to light during the course of fieldwork on the AranLIFE Farming Project (2014-2018) (see www.aranlife.ie). It is located at the S tip of the island on level ground, in an area of rough grazing and exposed limestone pavement. It is defined by a horseshoe-shaped mound (12m by 6m) with a central depression (Wth 2.5m) facing N towards an existing water source. No burnt stone is evident.
Compiled by: Olive Alcock
Date of upload: 19 October 2020
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.