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
- 51.91059, -9.60691
- SMR number
- KE084-060----
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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 wet boggy pasture, on level ground overlooking the headwaters of Kenmare Bay. A horseshoe-shaped mound (11m E-W; 9m N-S; H 0.5m) of burnt material with an opening facing E toward a small stream. According to the landowner, it was partially levelled and the stones were deposited along the W arc. The mound is grass-covered, apart from an area (0.4m x 0.3m) in the NW arm where burnt material is exposed. A possible fulacht fia (KE084-060001-) lies c. 25m to the E.
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
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Kiln - limeunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.