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
- 52.60181, -7.15789
- SMR number
- KK024-038----
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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
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 reclaimed pasture. Identified as a possible fulacht fia which has been ploughed over (pers. comm. Con Manning 1986). Another possible fulacht fia (KK024-037----) has also been identified c. 190m to the NNW.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 27 September 2021
Nearby in the register
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Burialunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.