Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Fulacht fia
Boulerdah, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Boulerdah
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.99000, -10.10591
- SMR number
- KE070-023----
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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
This well-preserved fulacht fiadh is located in a flat marshy field, reclaimed from bog, on the N bank of the Ferta river. The sod-covered mound is of horseshoe plan, with overall dimensions of 11.3m N-S x 11.4m E-W. It stands .65m high and is open to N, where a shallow subcircular depression averages 2.7m in diameter.
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. 402. 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
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.