Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Fulacht fia
Carrowgarve South, County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carrowgarve South
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.07615, -9.39402
- SMR number
- MA038-202----
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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 damp pasture, located on the S side of a low rise, adjacent to the Fiddaunglass stream that flows into the River Deel c. 40m to E.
A sub-circular mound (diam. 9.5m; H 0.75m) of heat-shattered stone fragments in charcoal-rich soil, with a slight indentation (Wth 2m), possibly indicating the position of the trough, on NE side facing the stream. The mound has a covering of moss and sod, and shallow furrow-like grooves traverse the top surface on a N-S axis. One in a linear cluster of fulachtaí fia/burnt mounds (MA038-203--- to MA038-208----) located along the course of the stream.
Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 21 August 2019
Nearby in the register
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.