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Fulacht fia

Tomdeely North, County Limerick, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Fulacht fia, Tomdeely North, County Limerick, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Tomdeely North
County
Limerick
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.61337, -9.00107
SMR number
LI010-127----

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David 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)
  • 1883 · Ireland 3. (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 low-lying, poorly drained pasture, c. 20m to E of a tidal stream and c. 400m S of the Shannon Estuary. Not depicted on OS historic mapping. Identified in 1999 as a possible fulacht fia by Celie O’Rahilly when walking the route of a proposed ESB power line. Described as a raised oval-shaped platform (14m NE-SW; 10m NW-SE). There is a possible stone feature at the SW end with a linear feature extending W toward the stream. A gallops track lies c. 15m to E. The morphology of this feature and its proximity to a watercourse could suggest that it is the remains of a levelled out fulacht fia. Monument is visible as an irregular oval-shaped stony area on Digital Globe orthophotos taken 2011-13 and on Google Earth orthoimages taken 08/04/2015.

See attached Google Earth orthoimage

Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly

Date of upload: 6 July 2020

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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