Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Fulacht fia
Carrig Island, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carrig Island
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.57669, -9.50930
- SMR number
- KE002-007----
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 site is situated on the coast just above a storm beach and the burnt stones have been exposed by weathering. The burnt material measures just over 6m in width and the width of the mound N-S measures 9m. To the ENE, a short distance away, lie the two fulachta fiadh above.
The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 35. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 1 August 2013
References
Toal, C. 1995 North Kerry Archaeological Survey. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority.
ASIAP - Archaeological Survey of Ireland Aerial Photographs (c. 1996 - c. 2010).
Nearby in the register
- Batteryunder 1 mi
- Field systemunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.