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
- 53.79681, -9.96878
- SMR number
- MA085-017----
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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 foot of the steep, S-facing slope of Knocknaveen (known locally as ‘Glan Hill’), in enclosed land directly below ‘Red John’s’ old house. It lies in the north-eastern part of the basin c. 130m WSW of another fulacht fia (MA085-018----). Its siting is very similar to MA085-016005-, which lies c. 160m further to WSW, except that this site lies 17m S of the island’s West Road. The fulacht fia comprises of a light spread of angular heat-fractured stone (E–W c. 6m, N–S c. 5.5m) was noted on the surface of this recently reclaimed (deep- ploughed) field: the field surface had previously been covered in old grassed-over cultivation ridges.
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
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.