Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Fulacht fia
Friarstown (Dunmurry ED), County Kildare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Friarstown (Dunmurry ED)
- County
- Kildare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.19471, -6.90776
- SMR number
- KD022-005----
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. C. Kon: Ireland. a. Prov: Leinster. Counties: 1-12 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
This record in the National Monuments Service's Historic Environment Viewer ↗
The National Monuments Service's description
Shown on the latest edition (1939) of the OS 6-inch map as a small, circular mound (est. diam. c. 20m). In a wet, poorly-drained area. No visible surface trace was found when visited in 1987 (SMR file). Possibly a fulacht fia.
Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy
Date of upload: 02 December 2011
Nearby in the register
- Moundunder 1 mi
- Religious house - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.