Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Fulacht fia
Shrone (magunihy By.), County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Shrone (magunihy By.)
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.13861, -9.61214
- SMR number
- KE058-164----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
In NE quadrant of gently undulating, improved yet poorly drained pasture. Reported to the Archaeological Survey of Ireland as the low remains of an enclosure. A large, extant fulacht fia (dims. 35m ENE-WSW; max. 38m NNW-SSE) located upon a natural ridge of higher ground (long-axis E-W). Grass covered horseshoe-shaped mound of burnt material; open (Wth 10m) to SE. Relatively recent drainage activity along field boundaries to N and E. No potential feature evident upon historic mapping and barely visible upon modern aerial images (OSi 2010, Bing 2015). Well depicted c. 20m to N on all OS map editions and a pump house is in this vicinity.
Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly
Date of upload: 10 September 2015
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.