Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Fulacht fia
Lyre West (decies Without Drum By.), County Waterford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lyre West (decies Without Drum By.)
- County
- Waterford
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.25664, -7.61736
- SMR number
- WA006-057----
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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
Situated on a gentle W-facing slope. U-shaped, grass-covered mound of broken and burnt stones (Wth of mound 3-6m; H 0.8m: overall dims. 11m NE-SW; 10.5m NW-SE) with a distinct trough area (dims. 5m x 4m) open to the SW.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Waterford' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 23 December 2008
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Burial groundunder 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.