Fulacht fia

The National Monuments Service's description

In low-lying level pasture with moderate views in all directions. Identified by Claire Walsh in 1986 as Site 2/37/1TR during archaeological monitoring of topsoil stripping associated with the Irish Gas pipeline (Gowen 1988, 132-3). The results of her monitoring were summarised as follows; ‘This site was first recognised as a flattened fulacht fiadh mound during removal of topsoil. A slight mound outside the gas pipeline corridor led to the belief that the trough site might lie outside it. However, during trenching the site of a trough was revealed in section. It measured 1.80m in length and was 60cm deep. No timber survived in situ. The fill consisted largely of mound material but a layer of silt at the base contained abundant charcoal and fragments of wood. There were no finds’ (www.excavations.ie 1986, Site No. 38). No surface remains visible when visited by the ASI in 2000.

See attached Google earth orthoimage 28/06/2018

Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick

Date of upload: 29 July 2020

References

Gowen, M. 1988 Three Irish gas pipelines: new archaeological evidence in Munster. Bray. Wordwell.

Walsh, C. 1987 Ballycahane Upper (BGE) Limerick. In C. Cotter (ed.), Excavations 1986: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 23, Site No. 37. Dublin. Organisation of Irish Archaeologists.