Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Fulacht fia
Caltragh (Tireragh By., Rathmacurkey ED), County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Caltragh (Tireragh By., Rathmacurkey ED)
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.25222, -8.96681
- SMR number
- SL011-148----
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1841 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 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)
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The National Monuments Service's description
In pasture/grazing, in the valley bottom of the Owenykeevan River, 12m W of the river bank. The fulacht fia is located on a low elevation around which the course of the river bends. It appears as a roughly oval, grass-covered mound (c. 15m N–S by c. 10m E–W) composed of angular stone fragments in black soil. At its N end is a pronounced circular rise (diam. c. 9m; H 0.4m; 0.7m at NW), which represents a relatively intact portion of the mound. This merges at S with a more irregular-shaped rise, which appears also to be part of the fulacht fia, but has an uneven, rather disturbed surface, and poorly defined limits. There is a hollow or depression (c. 3.6m E–W; c. 2m N–S) at E which may mark the location of the trough.
Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 23 April 2014
Nearby in the register
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
- Burialunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.