Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Fulacht fia
Shanvally (Gallen By.), County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Shanvally (Gallen By.)
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.87741, -8.98050
- SMR number
- MA071-202----
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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid 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
Located in damp, rush-grown pasture, with rising ground to N-NE. A field drain/stream (Wth 4-5m; D 1.3m) lies 15m to SSW. This fulacht fia is visible as a low, sod-covered kidney-shaped mound (12.3m NW-SE; 11m NE-SW; H 0.5m) distinguished by its firm, dry condition from the surrounding soft, rush-grown ground. It is composed of a concentration of stone fragments in black soil. There is a shallow depression (3.5m NNE-SSW; c. 2m WNW-ESE) between the 'arms' of the mound at SSW, which may indicate the location of a trough. On the W side, a shallow depression (Wth 2m) separates the fulacht fia from another rise bordered by a low scarp (L 6m NNE–SSW; H 0.2-0.3m).
Compiled by: Jane O’ Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 4 February 2016
Nearby in the register
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.