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Fulacht fia

Carrowkeel East, County Mayo, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Fulacht fia, Carrowkeel East, 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
Carrowkeel East
County
Mayo
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.75707, -8.81896
SMR number
MA092-113----

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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 at the base of a natural scarp which borders a flat, lowlying expanse of wet, boggy ground extending to N−NE.
Compact U-shaped grass-covered mound (9.3m NW–SE; c. 11m NE–SW; H 0.6-1m) with a central depression (Wth 1.6m) opening to the NE facing the bog. The SW end of the mound backs up against rising ground. Shattered stone fragments in black, charcoal-rich peaty soil are exposed in parts. Large fragments of charcoal are exposed at the ESE terminal of the SE ‘arm’ of the mound. The mound is largely obscured by brambles, and its full extent is uncertain. A road/trackway (MA092-088----), which extends through the bog, is located c. 25m to SSE.

Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy

Date of upload: 25 May 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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