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Fulacht fia
Garranes (glanarought By., Ardea Ed), County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Garranes (glanarought By., Ardea Ed)
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.78830, -9.72420
- SMR number
- KE109-001042-
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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, overlooking the valley of the Glantrasna River. A kidney-shaped grass-covered mound (9.1m N-S; 5.4m E-W; H 0.8m) of burnt material. The opening (1.4m E-W; 1.3m N-S) faces a wet area to the W. Another fulacht fia (KE109-001043-) is c. 25m to the W.
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
- Field boundaryunder 1 mi
- Field boundaryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.