Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Fulacht fia
Newtown (glynn), County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Newtown (glynn)
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.05402, -8.86806
- SMR number
- GA122-140----
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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 ground c. 20m to the W of a stream. This fulacht fia is defined by a well-preserved horseshoe-shaped mound (8.7m WNW-ESE; 6.4m SSE-NNW) opening to the SSE. Burnt stone and clay are visible and there are two set stones in the trough area.
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 26 November 2019
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
- Ecclesiastical enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.