Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Fulacht fia
Ardrahan (clanmaurice By., Killahan Par.), County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ardrahan (clanmaurice By., Killahan Par.)
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.35459, -9.73951
- SMR number
- KE021-041----
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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
A horseshoe-shaped mound situated in rough boggy land, it lies immediately S of a small pond. This site measures 8.9m N-S from crest to crest and 9m E-W, and rises to a maximum height of 1.3m above the surrounding land. A gap of 5m lies to the S; just inside this gap is a small depression measuring 1.6m x 2.3m. A smaller horseshoe-shaped mound (KE021-041001-) with its in-curve facing N lies immediately to the S. Its overall dimensions measure 6.5m x 5.5m and it rises to a height of .9m above the surrounding land. On the crest of the bank is a depression c 3m x 2m.
The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 78. 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
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.