Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Fulacht fia
Bracklaghboy, County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Bracklaghboy
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.78035, -8.78931
- SMR number
- MA093-093001-
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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, located adjacent to a field drain, in an area of lowlying, flat damp land bordering the S bank of the Mannin River. Ground rises c. 20m to S.
Low, grass-covered kidney-shaped mound (c. 8.7m NE–SW; 12m NW–SE, H 0.3-0.4m at NE) composed of heat-shattered stone in a black, charcoal-rich soil matrix. The exact limits of the mound on the SW side are not clear. A shallow central depression, which may indicate the position of a trough, opens to the NE facing the river.
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
- Bridgeunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.