Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Fulacht fia
Drombohilly Upper, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Drombohilly Upper
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.78675, -9.75715
- SMR number
- KE109-034002-
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 hill pasture, on a N-facing slope, overlooking Kenmare Bay. A crescent-shaped grass-covered mound (9m NW-SE; 5.2m NE-SW; H 0.8m) of burnt material. The opening (2m NE-SW) faces SW. The mound material is being eroded by a river at SW. Another fulacht fia (KE109-034001-) is c. 35m to the NW and there is a relict field boundary (KE109-034003-) c. 20m to the SW.
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
- Field boundaryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.