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Fulacht fia

Knockaunakill, County Mayo, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Fulacht fia, Knockaunakill, 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
Knockaunakill
County
Mayo
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.76121, -9.07162
SMR number
MA091-043----

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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

In pasture, located on the SE bank of a NW-flowing stream. The stream borders a broad expanse of bog which stretches to N and E. Ground rising gently to W and SW.
A subsircular mound (15.2m NW–SE; 12m NE–SW; H 0.6m) composed of shattered limestone fragments in a matrix of black, charcoal-rich soil. The mound is slightly indented on the SW side, and has a shallow central depression (diam. c. 3m), probably indicating the position of the trough. It is bordered on the NE side by the scarp of the stream gully, with a drop of c. 1.4-1.5m from top of the mound to the base of the stream. There is a rath (MA091-018----) c. 100m to W.

Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy

Date of upload: 9 February 2022

Nearby in the register

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

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