Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Fulacht fia
Carrowcastle (gallen By., Kilgarvan Par.), County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carrowcastle (gallen By., Kilgarvan Par.)
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.08405, -9.07997
- SMR number
- MA040-106----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
In pasture, located on the N bank of a canalised stream/drain (Wth 1.6m; D 0.5m), which intersects 30m to E with a lowlying hollow of wet ground.
A grass-covered mound (c. 11m N-S; c. 15m E-W; H c. 0.6-0.8m) composed of angular stones in a matrix of black, charcoal-rich soil. Some large stones break the surface of the mound. The limits of the mound are not clearly defined. A gap (W c. 4m), possibly the location of the trough, intervenes between the main body of the mound and a smaller rise at E; alternatively the gap may the result of disturbance. The S edge of the mound has been eroded by farm stock fording the stream at this point. Another fulacht fia (MA040-107---) is located c. 20m to W.
Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 12 June 2020
Nearby in the register
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.