Fulacht fia

The National Monuments Service's description

One of a group of six fulachtaí fia (LI013-229-/230/231/232/233/234----). This unexcavated fulacht fia (Site E) was discovered by Noel Dunne during archaeological monitoring under licence No. 98E0433 of a dual carriageway constructed as part of the Dell Factory Development, County Limerick (Dunne 2000, 159). The results of the discovery were summarised as following; ‘The factory construction site is on the demesne of Roche Castle an early 19th-century house. Most of the features encountered in the monitoring of groundworks (Phase 2) relate to farming activity associated with the house. However, to the southwest of the site a fulacht fiadh was uncovered in tduring fieldwalking in the course of the present development, immediately to the SW of the main avenue to Roche Castle. The site is evident as a low, irregular rise abutting the SW boundary wall of the avenue. The rise measures 15.5m NW-SE by 8m NE-SW and 30 to 50 cm high. The feature possibly represents the surviving SW edge of a fulacht fiadh mound’ (Dunne 1998, 30).

See attached location map taken from excavation report

Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick

Date upload: 2 July 2020

References

Dunne, N. 2001 An Archaeological excavation report for phase 6 extension to the Raheen Industrial Park in the townland of Ballycummin, Co. Limerick. Unpublished excavation report licence No. 98E9433 submitted to the National Monuments Section, Heritage and Planning Division, Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Dublin.