Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Fulacht fia
Capnagower, County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Capnagower
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.80984, -9.95193
- SMR number
- MA085-009005-
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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
One of four fulachtaí fia (MA085-009006-, MA085-009007-, MA085-058----) situated in an oblong peat basin that runs ENE–WSW and is delimited on all sides by low hillocks. The fulacht fia is situated c. 18m ENE of MA085-009006-, also among boulders, once again situated right on edge of the peaty floor of the basin.
A small grassy mound, oval in plan (NW–SE: 3.6m, NE–SW: 4.8m, H c. 0.5m), with heat-fractured stone exposed on the northern and north-eastern sides. Immediately S of the mound is a small irregular cutting in the surface of the bog (1.4m × 1.6m) that is between 0.15m and 0.2m in depth. This has exposed a scattering of burnt stone around the stump of an ancient (?) pine tree preserved in the bog.
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
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- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.