Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Fulacht fia
Coolroe, County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Coolroe
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.68669, -9.01247
- SMR number
- MA111-094002-
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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
Located in poorly drained rush-grown pasture. Ground falls away gradually to S to the Robe River.
This fulacht fia was fully excavated (98E0389) in 1998 in advance of the construction by Mayo County Council of a sewage treatment works (Gillespie 1998, no. 484). It consisted of a horseshoe-shaped mound (12m N–S; 17m E–W; H 0.7m) of heat-shattered stone and charcoal-rich soil. Centrally located was a trough (3.5m x 2.3m; D 0.1m) with c. 35 timber stakes at or near its sides. There was also a second trough, square in shape with sides 1.6m long. Other features included a post-hole and a drain. Artefacts recovered included struck chert flakes, antler fragments and worked wood. Another fulacht fia (MA111-094001-) was located a few meters to W, and a third (MA111-094003-) a few meters to E. An area of prehistoric activity (MA111-094004-) was located c. 80m to W. (Gillespie 1998, no. 484)
Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 28 May 2020
Refenences:
Gillespie, R. 1998 1998:484 Coolroe, Mayo. Excavations.ie Database of Irish Excavation Reports
Nearby in the register
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Excavation - miscellaneousunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.