Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Fulacht fia
Bishopslough West, County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Bishopslough West
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.60336, -7.15900
- SMR number
- KK024-037----
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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
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)
- 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1911 · Sheet 14, 1911 (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
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The National Monuments Service's description
In reclaimed pasture. Identified as a possible fulacht fia which has been ploughed over (pers. comm. Con Manning 1986). Another possible fulacht fia (KK024-038----) has also been identified c. 190m to the SSE.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 27 September 2021
Nearby in the register
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- House - Bronze Ageunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.