Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Fulacht fia
Ballydowny, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballydowny
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Fulacht Fian
- Coordinates
- 52.06771, -9.53167
- SMR number
- KE066-064----
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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 woodland with dense undergrowth, on the N side of a stream. There are no visible remains of this possible fulacht fia. Springs rise to the NW and NE and appear to drain into the stream via a small N-S channel, bisecting the area of the 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
- Habitation siteunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ditch barrowunder 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.