Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Fulacht fia
Carhoomeengar West, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carhoomeengar West
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.91268, -9.60564
- SMR number
- KE084-015001-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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 rough boggy pasture, on a S-facing slope overlooking the headwaters of Kenmare Bay. The remains of a horseshoe-shaped mound (c. 12m N-S; 10m E-W) which has been eroded at E and now consists of two crescent-shaped mounds to the N and S (N mound: 5m N-S; 4m E-W; max. H 0.4m; S mound: 5m N-S; 10m E-W; max. H 0.5m). Both mounds comprise burnt material and are embedded in the surrounding bog. The opening (c. 3.5m N-S) faces W. There is a stream c. 70m to the NW.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Kerry. Volume I: South-West Kerry' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 30 May 2011
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 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.