Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Fulacht fia
Lack West, County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lack West
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.91737, -9.19527
- SMR number
- MA070-042----
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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
Reported as a possible fulacht fia (SMR file). In pasture towards the NE corner of a small garden-field which contains a low N-S ridge along its W half and low-lying damp iris-covered ground along the E. An underground stream runs through a natural cavity (dims. L 15m E-W; Wth 10m N-S; D 2m) c. 20m to E. There is no visible surface trace of the monument at the reported location.
Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy and Leo Morahan
Date of upload: 3-11-2025
Nearby in the register
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.