Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Fulacht fia
Park (carra By.), County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Park (carra By.)
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.90785, -9.19345
- SMR number
- MA070-096----
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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 lowlying, damp pasture, flanked c. 50m to W and c. 100m to E by gently rising, drier ground. This fulacht fia was levelled in the past, and there are no surface indications of the mound. During pre-development archaeological testing (17E0324) in July/August 2017, part of the fulacht fia was uncovered in a test trench. The exposed portion was evident as a spread (8m NW-SE; 3.8-4.3m NE/SW) of heat-shattered stones in a matrix of black, charcoal-rich soil. No further excavation took place; the fulacht fia was covered and a buffer zone was implemented to exclude it from the proposed development (Pers. comm. R. Crumlish, 2017).
The attached image was supplied courtesy of Richard Crumlish:
MA070-096----_01 Fulacht fia exposed in test trench, August 2017
Compiled by: Jane O’ Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 24 October 2017
Nearby in the register
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.