Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Fulacht fia
Island, County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Island
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.78060, -8.79062
- SMR number
- MA093-093----
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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
In pasture, in an area of lowlying, flat damp land bordering the S bank of the Mannin River. Ground rises c. 20m to S. According to local information, a fulacht fia located here was levelled during land reclamation (SMR file). There is no visible trace at ground level.
Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 30 June 2022
Nearby in the register
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Moundunder 1 mi
- Road - unclassified togherunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.