Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Fulacht fia
Ballyglass West, County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyglass West
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.95181, -8.79904
- SMR number
- MA063-054----
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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 a strip of rough pasture, bordered by a small N-flowing stream at W and by a N−S drain/canalised stream at E. Listed as a fulacht fia in the SMR (1991) and RMP (1997) based on local information. No evidence of a fulacht fia was visible at ground level at this location during an inspection in 1996.
Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 2 October 2020
Nearby in the register
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.