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Fulacht fia

Dernish Island, County Sligo, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Fulacht fia, Dernish Island, County Sligo, 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
Dernish Island
County
Sligo
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
54.42045, -8.50099
SMR number
SL002-055----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1869 map "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1904 · Sheet 4. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1922 · Ireland - northern section. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

In rough, damp pasture, at the base of a W-facing slope on the SW side of Dernish Island, 8m WNW of a spring well/Holy well (SL002-019----). The shoreline is 10m to W, bordered by a vertical scarp (H 2m) which drops from the land to a stony shore. This fulacht fia is evident as a very low, poorly defined sod-covered mound (6m N−S; 4m E−W; H 0.2-0.3m at E, 0.4m at W) of angular stone fragments in dark grey/black soil. It appears to have a shallow crecentic shape, curving around a slight hollow (Wth c. 1-1.5m) on the E side. Its compact, firm surface distinguishes it from the surrounded soft, damp ground.

Image:
SL002-055----_01.JPG Viewed from W

Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy

Date of upload: 31 July 2017

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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