Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Fulacht fia
Tomdeely North, County Limerick, Ireland
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----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid 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).
This record in the National Monuments Service's Historic Environment Viewer ↗
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
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Castle - hall-houseunder 1 mi
- Settlement deserted - medievalunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.