Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Fulacht fia
Carhoobeg, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carhoobeg
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.07267, -9.66188
- SMR number
- KE065-114----
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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
Four mounds, located in a marshy field on the W bank of the River Laune, were levelled in the 1950s during land reclamation operations. The landowner recalled that they were composed of stone. The presence of scatters of burnt stone in the field suggests that they may have been fulachta fiadh.
The above description is derived from A. O'Sullivan and J. Sheehan (compilers), 'The Iveragh peninsula: an archaeological survey of South Kerry'. Cork University Press (1996), no. 415. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 28 July 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.