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
- 51.86627, -9.37732
- SMR number
- KE094-026012-
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, on a SW-facing slope to the N of Carran Mountain. A grass-covered horseshoe-shaped mound (7.6m NE-SW; 5.8m SE-NW; H 0.6m) of burnt material with the opening (2.4m NW-SE; 1.6m SW-NE) facing NW. The top of the mound is flat, apart from a slight depression in the centre. The surrounding area is boggy and covered with rushes. A possible fulacht fia (KE094-026003-) is c. 230m to the SE.
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
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.