Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Fulacht fia
Maum, County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Maum
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.80992, -9.96841
- SMR number
- MA085-047----
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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 boulder-strewn enclosed land close to the south-eastern shore of Lough Avullin. The fulacht fia lies 2m from the marshy lake shore and was c. 1m above the water level at the time of visit. It is visible is a spread (c. 3.5m NNE–SSW, c. 2.25M SSE–NNW) of small heat-fractured stone overlying and interspersed among natural boulders. The whole spread may be in a secondary position, possibly having been disturbed by local quarrying to build the adjacent boundary walls that fringe this part of the lake. However, at one point a small, vertical section face is visible (L 0.5m) in disturbed ground. A dense concentration of burnt stone and charcoal was visible (T 0.15m) here above a thin lens of peat (T 0.05m) that in turn overlay bedrock.
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
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.