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Fulacht fia

Ballycullane (Smallcounty By.), County Limerick, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Fulacht fia, Ballycullane, 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
Ballycullane (Smallcounty By.)
County
Limerick
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.53334, -8.56342
SMR number
LI022-237----

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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)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1904 · Sheet 13. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

In level wet pasture with moderate views in all directions. Fulacht Fia (LI022-225----) located 50m to NNW. Surveyed by the ASI in 2000 and described as a well preserved, roughly horseshoe shaped, mound (11.4m NW-SE) of black earth and fire shattered stones. The trough (Wth 2m) was visible as a depression at NNE. A roughly circular cropmark shows the outline of the monument on Google Earth orthoimage taken 19/11/2019 where other similar cropmarks are visible to the SE.

See attached sketch plan surveyed by the ASI and Google Earth orthoimage

Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick

Date of upload: 7 August 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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