Fulacht fia in Caher (magunihy By.)

This potential feature was reported by Michael Connolly, County Archaeologist, Kerry County Council. It was identified by him during the course of an assessment of a 40 square mile area for the purpose of choosing a road route in 2000 to the north of Killarney. Reported to the Archaeological Survey of Ireland as one of seven extant fulacht fia. There is no visible surface trace of an extant fulacht fiadh at the location of the co-ordinates provided. It is probable that the co-ordinates have a margin of error, as per other potential monuments visited during the current survey. The potential monument, if it exists, is more likely to be located in an unplanted forestry buffer zone adjacent to N of the co-ordinates provided. This is buffer zone is cordoned off to W and N by a post and wire fence. The buffer zone is defined by forestry to W and N and by a field boundary to E and S. This unplanted area is ungrazed and has become obscured by dense ferns, briars and other vegetation. There is every possibility of a fulacht fia being located within the buffer zone, however, it is been cordoned off and has become densely overgrown. Without the correct co-ordinates, pin-pointing a monument in this relatively large and densely overgrown area would be very difficult.