Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Fulacht fia
Killeen (tirawley By., Crossmolina Par.), County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Killeen (tirawley By., Crossmolina Par.)
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.05715, -9.32887
- SMR number
- MA038-189----
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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 an expanse of flat, damp pasture bordering the N bank of the Fiddaunglass stream. Rath (MA038-091) is located on a knoll 15m to SW. One of a linear cluster of fulacht fias along the line of the river
Roughly kidney-shaped, grass-covered mound (c. 8m NNW-SSE; c. 6m ENE-WSW; H. 0.4m) composed of heat-shattered stone in charcoal-rich soil. The slight curve of indentation on the SW side of the mound may indicate the location of a trough. This is one of a linear cluster of fulachtai fia/burnt mounds (MA038-188---- to MA038-194----) located along the course of the stream.
Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 20 August 2019
Nearby in the register
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.