Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Fulacht fia
Clogh West, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Clogh West
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.54597, -8.89916
- SMR number
- LI020-165----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Excavation by Graham Hull (02E1436) 'as part of Bord Gáis Éireann's Pipeline to the West revealed a single shallow depression, roughly oval, measuring 1.38m (north-east/south-west) by 0.95m by 0.1m deep, was excavated. The sides sloped gently down to a roughly flat base. The shallow and uneven form of the depression suggested a natural hollow that had been filled with the remnants of a larger spread. The deposit found in the depression was typical fulacht fiadh material: burnt and fire-cracked stone with frequent charcoal fragments. This discrete deposit of fulacht material may have been one of the 'few shovel-fulls of burned material, well trodden into the ground, and difficult to identify' noted by Coffey (1984).' This description is posted on the web at the following internet address (accessed 3 August 2012): http://www.excavations.ie/
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of Upload: 8 August 2012
Reference
Coffey, T. (1984) 'Fulachta fiadha in the Burren', The Other Clare 8, 60-3.
Nearby in the register
- Burialunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.