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Fulacht fia

Knockychottaun, County Mayo, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Fulacht fia, Knockychottaun, 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
Knockychottaun
County
Mayo
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.83714, -9.54978
SMR number
MA077-044----

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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

Located close to the base of a ridge, in poorly drained, lowlying rush-grown land. There is a field drain 5.5m to S and an earthen field bank 3.5m to E. This fulacht fia was discovered in October 2015 during field walking in advance of a road re-alignment scheme. It consists of a grass-covered, kidney-shaped mound (max. dim. 14m NW–SE; 8.5m NE-SW). The mound is highest (H 0.85m) at the NW and lowest (H 0.45m) at SE. A slight dip on the SW side is the likely location of the trough. Erosion of a portion of the SW side of the mound by farm stock reveals that it is composed of black charcoal-rich soil and burnt stone. (pers. comm. Leo Morahan, February 2016)

Compiled by: Jane O’ Shaughnessy

Date of upload: 29 February 2016

Nearby in the register

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

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