Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Fulacht fia
Barrow, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Barrow
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- SMR number
- KE028-110----
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The National Monuments Service's description
The precise location of possible cooking sites or burnt mounds within the townland of Barrow have not been identified. Described by O'Kelly (1954, 151) as 'Several mounds of what are called ''fulacht fiansa'', said to exist in the sandhills at Fenit end of Barrow strand'.
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 14 June 2022
References
O'Kelly, M.J. 1954 Excavations and experiments in ancient Irish cooking places. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 84, 105-55.
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