Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Fulacht fia
Rathmore (shrule By.), County Longford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rathmore (shrule By.)
- County
- Longford
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.55318, -7.78153
- SMR number
- LF027-042001-
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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
At the base of a gentle NE-facing slope at the edge of the flood-plain of the Inny River. A low, irregularly shaped, grass-covered mound (6m NW-SE; c. 6m NE-SW; H 0.1-0.3m), which is poorly defined at SW. Burnt stone is exposed. Another poorly defined, low, grass-covered mound c. 6m to the SW may mark the remains of a second fulacht fia (LF027-042002-).
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Cultivation ridgesunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.