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
- 53.80758, -9.96445
- SMR number
- MA085-006001-
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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 on the eastern bank, just above the flood plain, of a small meandering stream in a sheltered hollow. Two other fulachtaí fia (MA085-006002-, MA085-006003-) lie 25m to SW and 17m to NNW, respectively. There is an enclosure (MA085-065----) on the summit of a hillock 21.5m to WSW that overlooks this and the two other fulachtaí fia. The fulacht fia is a well-defined, steep-sided horse- shoe-shaped mound (E–W c. 9.05m, N–S c. 9.3m, H c. 0.65m max.) opening to W towards the stream. Masses of burnt stone are visible on the summits of its two arms. A small pit, now grassed over, has been excavated into the summit of the southern arm.
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
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.