Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Fulacht fia
Knockanuha, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Knockanuha
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.86481, -9.37521
- SMR number
- KE094-026003-
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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 hill pasture, on a S-facing slope to the N of Carran Mountain, c. 75m N of a tributary of the Slaheny River. A roughly circular grass-covered mound (5.5m N-S; 5m E-W; H 0.5m) of burnt material. A marshy area lies W of the mound. A fulacht fia (KE094-026012-) is c. 230m 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
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Field boundaryunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.