Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Fulacht fia
Clooneen (kilmaine By.), County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Clooneen (kilmaine By.)
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.66881, -9.07061
- SMR number
- MA111-101----
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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 reclaimed pasture, bordering a flat expanse of boggy ground which stretches to SE–S. Prior to modern reclamation, the wet ground is likely to have extended closer to the fulacht fia.
Prominent, roughly circular grass-covered mound (15.3m NE–SW; 15m NW–SE; H 0.4m at SW, 0.8m at NE). There is a pronounced circular depression (diam. c. 2m) at the NNW edge of the mound, but it is not clear if this represents the location of a trough or is merely the result of recent disturbance.
The mound is composed of stones mixed with black soil.
Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 9 March 2023
Nearby in the register
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.