Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Fulacht fia
Gearhanagoul, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Gearhanagoul
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.81162, -9.46669
- SMR number
- KE103-049003-
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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 hill pasture, on a S-facing slope, in the valley of the Coomeelan stream and within a network of relict field boundaries (KE103-049002-). A horseshoe-shaped grass-covered mound (5m N-S; 4m E-W; H 0.5m) of burnt material on the W bank of a stream. The opening faces E, towards the stream. Burnt material is exposed at the tip of the S arm of the mound. A fulacht fia (KE103-049001-) lies c. 35m to the N and a possible fulacht fia (KE103-049004-) lies c. 25m to the S.
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
- Field boundaryunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.