Fulacht fia

The National Monuments Service's description

In former pasture under the Limerick Southern Ring Road 20m from the townland boundary with Ballysimon. The excavation of a levelled fulacht fia under licence No. 01E0484, identified during monitoring of topsoil stripping, was undertaken prior to the construction of the Limerick Southern Ring Road in June 2001 (Collins 2001; Collins 2003, 242-3). The site was noted as a spread of burnt material (dims. 10m by 8m) centred on a trough feature. The sub-rectangular trough contained the trace of one timber, 1.43m in length, in a very poor state of preservation. Two modern drains were cut into the fulacht fia mound; both were filled with burnt stone. It appeared that the fulacht fia had been levelled during localised land reclamation (Collins 2003, 242-3).

Compiled by: Edmond O’Donovan

Date of upload: 15 July 2020

References

Collins T. 2001 Archaeological Excavation of a Fulacht Fiadh at Peafield, County Limerick found during the Limerick Southern Ring Road archaeological monitoring project, Archaeological Licence Ref: 01E0484, unpublished archaeological report submitted to the National Monuments Service 11/07/2001 by Ægis Archaeology Ltd.

Collins, T. 2003 Peafield: Fulacht fiadh. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2001: summary accounts of excavations in Ireland, 242-3, No. 792. Dublin. Wordwell.