Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Fulacht fia
Coolgarriv (magunihy By.), County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Coolgarriv (magunihy By.)
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.07734, -9.52387
- SMR number
- KE066-058003-
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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 marshy pasture, subsequently developed as a housing estate. A mound (8m N-S; 8m E-W; H 0.4m), consisting of six layers of burnt material, was excavated prior to the housing development (Kiely 2001; 2003a, 163). A recut oval trough (2.6m x 1.9m; D 0.4m), from which some waterlogged wood fragments were recovered, was found at the E side. Traces of a possible stone kerb for the mound were also found. A stone trackway (KE066-058002-) was uncovered 13m to the N of the fulacht fia (Dennehy 2001a, 6). Two separate deposits of fulacht fia material, one of which overlay the stone trackway, were found to the N and were interpreted as redeposition of mound material (ibid.). There are no visible remains of this fulacht fia.
Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork.
Date of upload: 31 January 2011
Nearby in the register
- Road - road/trackwayunder 1 mi
- Brickworksunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.