Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Fulacht fia
Tonreagh Lower, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Tonreagh Lower
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.27726, -9.62149
- SMR number
- KE029-136----
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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1753 map "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1753 · Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
'Situated in marshy, gently sloping, south - south-east facing land, this site is a well preserved example of a classic fulacht fiadh. The mound is crescentic or horseshoe shaped with the trough area opening to the west. The mound remains to a maximum height of 1.34m and measures 18.3m N-S by 17.8m E-W. The trough area is sub-rectangular and measures 4.2m N-S by 6.8m E-W.'
Description from ‘The Prehistoric Settlement of the Lee Valley, Tralee, Co. Kerry; A Landscape Perspective’ by Michael Connolly. PhD Thesis UCC 2008
Date of upload: 12 July 2012
Nearby in the register
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.