Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Fulacht fia
Ballygriffin, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballygriffin
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.85838, -9.56482
- SMR number
- KE093-086004-
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 pasture, close to a stream on an E-facing slope overlooking the valley of the Sheen River. According to local information, a mound of burnt stone and black earth which existed here was levelled and the burnt material spread during reclamation works. The area is now under pasture and there are no visible remains of this possible fulacht fia.
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
- Field boundaryunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - wedge tombunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.