Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Fulacht fia
Gortacareen, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Gortacareen
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.02749, -9.28923
- SMR number
- KE068-174----
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1883 · Ireland 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
This record in the National Monuments Service's Historic Environment Viewer ↗
The National Monuments Service's description
'This large fulacht fiadh is located approximately 100m to the northwest of KE068-042---- in a partially reclaimed field which is still marsh underfoot. The grass covered horseshoe-shaped mound is 1.75m high, with the total dimensions of the site being 12m north-south by 8m east-west. The trough area measures 3m north-south by 3.5m east-west, and opens onto a small swift flowing stream, 1m to the west of the site.'
The above description was published in F. Coyne, 'Islands in the clouds: an upland archaeological study on Mount Brandon and the Paps, Co. Kerry.' (Kerry Co. Council in association with Aegis Archaeology, 2006).
Date of upload: 15 December 2011
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.