Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Fulacht fia
Glen, County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Glen
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.79621, -9.97065
- SMR number
- MA085-016001-
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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 in enclosed land on the flat bottom of a drained peat basin at southern foot of Knocknaveen (known locally as ‘Glan Hill’). The fulacht fia lies c. 47m SSE of MA085-016005-. The field in which it lies was until recently (c. 1989) mantled in tillage ridges but has been drained and ploughed, exposing a number of fulachtaí fia. Two others (MA085-016003-, MA085-016004-) lie 28.5m to WSW and 46m to SW, respectively. The fulacht fia comprises a scatter of heat-fractured stone (N–S c. 5m), bleached to a grey-white colour by rainfall, was visible on surface of the recently ploughed field.
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.