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Fulacht fia

Killeen (Tirawley By., Crossmolina Par.), County Mayo, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Fulacht fia, Killeen (Tirawley By., Crossmolina Par.), County Mayo, 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
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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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1753 map "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1753 · Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 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)

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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

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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