Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Fulacht fia
Coan West, County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Coan West
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.79364, -7.12440
- SMR number
- KK006-009----
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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
Identified by Prendergast (1977, 267). The land was subsequently reclaimed and the fulacht fia is not visible at ground level.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 23 February 2016
References
Prendergast, E. 1977 A fulacht fiadh at Ballyhimmin near Castlecomer. Old Kilkenny Review. 1 (4), 264-7.
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.