Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Fulacht fia
An Bhinn Bhán (uíbh Ráthach), County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- An Bhinn Bhán (uíbh Ráthach)
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.83149, -10.16235
- SMR number
- KE098-027----
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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
This well-preserved fulacht fiadh is located is wet rushy land, on the W side of a stream that flows to Lough Currane. The grassed-over, horseshoe-shaped mound has maximum diamensions of 10m N-S x 9.5m E-W, and averages .5m high. A gap of 2.6m occurs at WSW, and the centre of the mount is a hollow area with maximum dimensions of 2.6m N-S x 5.2m E-W. The stony composition of the mound is easily detected when probed.
The above description is derived from A. O'Sullivan and J. Sheehan (compilers), 'The Iveragh peninsula: an archaeological survey of South Kerry'. Cork University Press (1996), no. 401. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 28 July 2013
Nearby in the register
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Crossunder 1 mi
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.