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Fulacht fia

Lack West, County Mayo, Ireland

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Townland
Lack West
County
Mayo
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.91949, -9.18521
SMR number
MA070-047004-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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 low-lying damp rush-covered rough grazing at the N-foot of a gentle pasture slope. Reported as a possible fulacht fia (SMR file). A moss and grass-covered stony area (dims. 12m E-W; 4m N-S) lies immediately S of an E-W field drain and may be the remains of a levelled fulacht fia. 

Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy and Leo Morahan

Date of upload: 4-11-2025

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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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