Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Fulacht fia
Dromthacker, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Dromthacker
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.28832, -9.67288
- SMR number
- KE029-233----
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Shown on 5 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
'These mounds are situated on the lower foothills of the Stacks Mountains with panoramic views to east through south to Tralee Bay to the south west. The first mound [KE029-232----] is situated in very marshy land abutting a field wall, and consists of a sub-rectangular depression and a low mound. The depression measures 12.5m in length, is 4.60m in width and has an average depth of 0.55m. The associated mound is oval in plan measuring 14m N-S, 10m E-W and 0,75m in height. Subsequent excavation (97E0022) uncovered a probable trough pit within the depression. Immediately to the west of this depression is a low mound [KE029-233----] 6.70m in diameter and has an average height of 0.50m. While not conforming to the exact morphology of the classical fulacht fiadh type, it could also be such a site. This mound had been removed prior to excavation under license 97E0022, however a spread of fire shattered stone 4m in diameter was noted.'
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: 22 June 2012
Nearby in the register
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.