Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Fulacht fia
Ballincurry, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballincurry
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.01109, -8.74087
- SMR number
- SL043-005----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
In wet pasture. A low grass-covered horseshoe-shaped mound (7.8m WNW-ESE; 6m NNE-SSW; H 0.5m) of heat-shattered stones. The opening (1.5m WNW-ESE; 2.3m NNE-SSW) faces SSW. A second fulacht fia (SL042-034----) lies c. 50m to W and a third (SL043-006002-) lies c. 100m to SE; a burnt spread (SL043-006001-) also lies c. 100m to SE and there is a possible fulacht fia (SL043-007----) c. 200m to SE.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005).
Date of upload: 18 January 2008
Nearby in the register
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.