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Fulacht fia

Park (Carra By.), County Mayo, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Fulacht fia, Park, County Mayo, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

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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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1753 map "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1753 · Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (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

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

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