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Fulacht fia

Pollnacroaghy, County Mayo, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Fulacht fia, Pollnacroaghy, 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
Pollnacroaghy
County
Mayo
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.76493, -8.76209
SMR number
MA093-100----

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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 rough pasture, dotted with clumps of ferns, yellow flag and willow scrub. Located in the narrow valley of the meandering, W-flowing Dalgan River, 10m N of the river on a strip of level ground, with the rising slope of the valley a few meters to N of the mound. There are relatively open views along the river course to E, but willow scrub restricts views to W.
A low, compact grass-covered kidney-shaped mound (9m E−W; 6m N−S; H 0.5m) composed of stone fragments in charcoal-rich soil. The shallow C-shaped indentation or hollow (2.6m E−W; 2m N−S) on the N side between the ‘arms’ of the mound probably indicates the location of a trough.

Attached images:
MA093-100----_01.JPG Fulacht fia viewed from E
MA093-100----_02.JPG Fulacht fia viewed from N

Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy

Date of upload: 7 December 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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