Fulacht fia

The National Monuments Service's description

(i) Fulacht Fiadh: Located on the E bank of the river, this horseshoe-shaped mound has been cut away along its WNW side by the river and there is a drop here of c. 2m to the level of the water. A holly tree has also caused some disturbance at the W end of the mound which measures 11m NE-SW x c. 7.3m NW-SE x 1.25m in maximum height. It is composed of a combination of black soil and fragments of burnt stone. The depression at the NE side measures 2.4m x 2.4m, and a large flag partly exposed at its E side may have formed part of a revetment, as may the earthfast boulders a short distance to NE. The wall running N from the mound marks the boundary between the townlands of Ballyhoneen and Kilmore; elsewhere this boundary follows the centre of the river. (Fig. 16)

The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 25. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.

Date of upload: 3 August 2013