What is recorded here
Cahercommaun is an ancient fortress in County Clare, Ireland. Fulacht fia in Tullycommon is a possible cooking pit nearby. The valley beneath the cliffs may have turned river water into soup for people who lived beside the rock.
Listed as Fulacht fia (possible) in the SMR (1992) but unlocated and not listed in the RMP (1996). The SMR listing is based on a Coffey reference (1985, 29) that in the valley beneath Cahercommaun (CL010-064003-) about 150m from the cliff base is “a small fulacht fiadh” close to a spring. A second was destroyed by road building nearby.” This is one of a number of fulachta fia mentioned but which were not located during an inspection of the area in 1999.
Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy and Conn Herriott
Date of upload: 26 May 2023
This remains an important historical record, but the official description says the monument is no longer visible or has been destroyed. The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- No visible remains or recorded as destroyed
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