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
- 53.92070, -9.23136
- SMR number
- MA070-008005-
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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 a narrow strip of level pasture between a small S-slowing stream to the W and the foot of a pasture ridge to the E. Reported as one of six possible fulachta fiadh (along with MA070-008001-, MA070-008002-, MA070-008003-, MA070-008004- 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 circular mound, hollow in the centre” (SMR file). It survives as a low, subcircular circular, stony mound (diams. 13m N–S; 11m E–W: H 0.4m at SW – 0.8m at S), surrounded by rushes with an abundance of nettles along its W edge, which is the least well defined. It contains a rush-covered rectangular area (L 6m NW-SE; Wth 2m; D 0.3m) which is open towards the NW
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.