Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Fulacht fia
Rathmacostello, County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rathmacostello
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.07774, -9.36999
- SMR number
- MA038-177----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1753 "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
In pasture, in a sheltered damp location immediately to E of a spring, which rises at the base of a slope and flows 15m to N to join the Deel River. Ground rises gently to S.
This fulacht fia consists of a well-defined, compact grass-covered semi-circular mound (13m N-S; 11.50m E-W; H 0.4m at S, 1.4m at N). It is composed of heat-shattered sandstone fragments in charcoal-rich soil. A shallow depression on the W side, facing the spring, indicates the likely position of a trough.
A fulacht fia (MA038-178----) is located 7m to W on the opposite side of the spring, and a burnt mound (MA038-179----) is 22m to NW. A rath (MA038-033----) is located 15m upslope to S, on top of low rise
Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 19 August 2019
Nearby in the register
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.