Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Fulacht fia
Ballynacourty (Coshlea By.), County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballynacourty (Coshlea By.)
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Folaí Fiadh, hachured (1928)
- Coordinates
- 52.31521, -8.41270
- SMR number
- LI056-050----
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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)
- 1882 · Ireland (southern half). (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 pasture 160m W of the townland boundary with Spittle. Not depicted on the 1840 OS 6-inch or the 1897 OS 25-inch map. Annotated ‘Folaí Fiadh (Stone & Bronze implements found here about 1894’ on Cassini OS 6-inch map where it is shown as a roughly circular-shaped mound (diam. c. 16m). Described by ASI as a grass covered mound (H 1.5m) with black soil visible. No surface remains visible on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13 or on Google Earth orthoimages.
See attached Google Earth orthoimages.
Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick
Date of upload: 21 November 2021
Nearby in the register
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.