Fulacht fia

The National Monuments Service's description

One of a cluster of five fulachta fia (see also KK008-166----, KK008-167----, KK008-188----, KK008-189----) and three burnt mounds (KK008-190----, KK008-191----, KK008-192----) excavated in 2006 in advance of construction of the M8/N8 Cullahill to Cashel Road Improvement Scheme (Excavation licence no. E2391). An irregularly shaped mound (L 24-32m N-S; 12.8-22m E-W; D 0.08-0.2m) composed of compact stony sand with frequent burnt stone and charcoal inclusions truncated at W by a field boundary. A subcircular pit (L 2.8m; Wth 3.1m; D 0.5m) with a two-tiered base was also truncated to the W by the field boundary. It had a single fill of black sandy silt with frequent heat-shattered stone, occasional charcoal and burnt bone. A charcoal sample from the fill returned a radiocarbon date of 1400 – 1130 cal BC ((Poz-26540). (Phelan 2008, 193, no. 790; Hardy 2009, 261-2, no. 1023; Hardy and Green 2009, Site G)

Compiled by: Mary Tunney

Date of upload: 8 October 2013

References

Phelan, S. 2008 Various. Foulkscourt. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2005: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 193, no. 790. Dublin. Wordwell.

Hardy, C. 2009 AR49, Foulkscourt. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2006: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 261-2, no. 1023. Dublin. Wordwell.

Hardy, C. and Green, B. 2009 M8/N8 Cullahill to Cashel Road Improvement Scheme: Archaeological Resolution. Final report. Ministerial Direction: A027/000 Registration No.: E2391 Site AR 49, Foulkscourt Townland, Co Kilkenny. Unpublished excavation report submitted to the National Monuments Service, Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Dublin.