Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Fulacht fia
Lecarrow (murrisk By.), County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lecarrow (murrisk By.)
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.80524, -9.96963
- SMR number
- MA085-005008-
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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
Situated at the extreme south-eastern end of a flat peaty basin known locally as ‘Lough na bPoll’. The fulacht fia is overlooked by higher ground on the south-western, southern and eastern sides. It is a roughly oval mound (E–W 5.6m, NNE–SSW 4.3m, H 0.35–0.4m max.) with a lunate depression on the south-south-western side. The mound is mantled by a thick covering of peat up to 0.25m thick, beneath which is an impenetrable layer of angular fire-fractured stone. A second fulacht fia (MA085-005007-) lies c. 20m to NNW.
The above description is derived from: New Survey of Clare Island. Volume 5: Archaeology. Edited by Paul Gosling, Conleth Manning and John Waddell. (Royal Irish Academy, Dublin. 2007). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated.
Date of upload: 29 November 2018
References
Gosling, P., Manning, C. and Waddell, J. (eds.) 2007 New Survey of Clare Island, Volume 5: Archaeology. Dublin, Royal Irish Academy.
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.