Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Fulacht fia
Lislaughtin, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lislaughtin
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.54588, -9.46907
- SMR number
- KE003-035----
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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 oval-shaped fulacht fiadh is cut in half by a fieldbank running in a NNE-SSW direction. To the SE of this site is a small stream which runs into Ballylongford creek. The shape of this site has been completely altered by ploughing and a large spread of burnt stones can be found. The width of the spread E-W measures 53m while the length of the spread NNE-SSW on the left side of the fieldbank measures 38.5m and 47.6m on the right side.
The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 39. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 1 August 2013
Nearby in the register
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.