Fulacht fia

The National Monuments Service's description

Situated on a gentle E-facing slope. First identified in centre-line testing (05E0983) for a new line of the N4 during 2005 (O’Connor et al. 2005, 33-5), and later fully resolved (E003301) as a part of Moher 1, which is an unmapped nineteenth century limekiln sitting over this Late Bronze Age fulacht fia, which in turn is sitting over an Early Bronze Age fulacht fia (LE037-011001-). A layer of peat (max. D 0.23m), indicating a hiatus in use, intervened between the mound of the earlier fulacht fia and a re-development in the Late Bronze Age. This mound (dims 8.6m x 7m) was a spread of decayed and fire-cracked stones overlying another layer of burnt stones which were less fragmented (dim. 3.2m; T 0.3m). This overlay a rectangular trough (dims 1.22m x 1.06m; D 0.14m), which was cut into the natural on three sides, but was open at SE. There was a post-hole in each corner of the trough, and one produced a C14 date of 2812 +- 46 (1120-840 BC), but timbers from the lining may have been removed after its final use. (Collins and O’Connor 2008, 16-17; Collins 2009)

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 9 January 2020

O’Connor, D. J., Marta Muniz Pérez and Sheelagh Conran 2005 N4 Dromod-Roosky Bypass. Advance Archaeological Works Contract Licence No. 05E0983 Preliminary Report. Unpublished, CRDS

References

Collins, A. 2009 Moher 1. Prehistoric. In I. Bennett (ed.) Excavations 2006: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 317, No. 1226. Dublin, Wordwell

Collins, A. and O’Connor, D. J. 2009 N4 Dromod – Roosky Bypass. Advance Archaeological Works Contract. Moher 1. Ministerial Direction A 31 (A31-013/E003301) Final Report, Unpublished, CRDS