Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Fulacht fia
Cunnagher South, County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cunnagher South
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.92133, -9.23119
- SMR number
- MA070-008003-
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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 generally level low-lying, damp, improved pasture. Reported as one of six possible fulachta fiadh (along with MA070-008001-, MA070-008002-, MA070-008004-, MA070-008005- and MA070-008006-) running in a more or less N-S line (L c. 200m) near the E bank of a small N-flowing stream, and described as, “a large mound, diam. 17m; H 1m” (SMR file). It survives as an oval-shaped grass-covered, stony mound (ext. diams. 15m N–S; 12m E–W; H 0.4-0.6m) with a level upper surface (diams. 10m N-S; 6m E-W). The site has extensive purple vetch cover with some ragwort and buttercup growth also.
Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy
Date of upload: 30-10-2025
Nearby in the register
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.