Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Fulacht fia
Farranistick, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Farranistick
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.55431, -7.36752
- SMR number
- WM019-005----
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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
Situated in low-lying, boggy land which has been drained in modern times. A fulacht fiadh (WM019-008----) lies c. 180m to SE. Not depicted on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map or the revised 1913 ed. OS 25-inch map. Listed by Victor Buckley as Fulacht Fiadh No. 2 on his sketch map (SMR File). Monument described in 1980 as an oval-shaped mound (dims. 19.8m N-S, 15.0m E-W) raised (H 0.7m) above the surrounding ground level. A large amount of stone was detected just below the surface at every point probed. Monument is not visible on Digital Globe aerial photography.
See attached 25 inch map showing location of fulacht fiadh as marked on map by Victor Buckley
Compiled by: Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien
Date of upload: 18 February 2019
Nearby in the register
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.