What is recorded here
Fulacht fia in Moneyboy is a fulacht fia in Moneyboy, County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies the head of a slight north-west to south-east valley where a stream flows twenty metres to the south. The grass-covered mound measures fourteen metres east-west and eight and a half metres north-south, with a rectangular hollow on its southern side. A standing stone stands thirty metres to the south-west, while another fulacht fia lies fifty metres to the south.
At the head of a slight NW-SE valley with a stream 20m to the S. U-shaped grass-covered mound (dims 14m E-W; 8.5m N-S; H 0.2m at E to 0.6m at W) with a rectangular hollow (dims 2.8m N-S; 2.5m E-W) on the S side. Standing stone (RO028-225----) is c. 30m to the SW, and fulacht fia (RO028-227----) is c. 50m to the S.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
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