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Fulacht fia

Glen, County Mayo, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Fulacht fia, Glen, County Mayo, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

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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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1753 map "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1753 · Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (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

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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