What is recorded here
On a narrow terrace (Wth 20–30m) of a N-facing slope, 10m ENE from a spring at the foot of Cappanawalla hill, c. 500m S of the foreshore. Depicted on Robison’s map (1977). A classic horseshoe-shaped fulacht fia (16m NW–SE x 13.7m NE–SW; max. H 1.7m) opening to the WSW. Two large boulders at SW and WSW delimit the trough area (5.8m NW–SE x 5.3m NE–SW).
Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Ros Ó Maoldúin
Date of upload: 25 November 2020
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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