Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Fulacht fia
Shinnagh, County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Shinnagh
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.90769, -9.21266
- SMR number
- MA070-079002-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
On slightly raised ground in low-lying damp rush-covered rough grazing overlooked by a low ridge to the W. Reported as a possible fulacht fia (SMR file). A low subcircular, grass-covered mound (ext. diams. 23m E-W; 21m N-S; av. H 0.4m) has a circular upper surface (diam. 13m) which slopes slightly downwards towards the E. A second fulacht fia (MA070-07901-) lies c. 75m to the NNE.
Date of visit: 1-8-2025
Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy
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.