Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Fulacht fia
Glenmagoo Or Firoda Lower, County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Glenmagoo Or Firoda Lower
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.80859, -7.24369
- SMR number
- KK005-078----
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
In a low-lying area to the NE of a gently sloping N-S ridge, formerly marshy land. A low circular area of burnt stone and ash (diam. c. 5m) indicating a levelled fulacht fia. There is a fulacht fia (KK005-071----) c. 45m to the N and three fulachtaí fia (KK005-099----; KK005-100----; KK005-101----) c. 80m, c. 64m and c. 65m to the SSW, SSE and SE respectively.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 6 June 2017
Nearby in the register
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 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.