Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Fulacht fia
Belleek, County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Belleek
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.12858, -9.15478
- SMR number
- MA030-103----
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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
On the N outskirts of Ballina town, located at the edge of a marshy, water-logged area, with rising ground to S and W. This fulacht fia was discovered during archaeological monitoring of topsoil stripping in advance of a development project, and was subsequently fully excavated (licence no. 98E0284) in 1998 (King 1998).
It consisted of a low mound (4m N–S; 8.2m E–W; H 0.26m) of heat-shattered stones (sandstone and limestone) in a matrix of black soil and charcoal fragments. The mound had been levelled in the past, and its N extent was disturbed by modern agricultural drainage works. A trough (L 2.75m NW–SE; Wth 0.6-0.76m; max D 0.4m) was found beneath the mound. It had vertical sides and a flat base; the N edge was damaged. There were two possible postholes, one (diam. 0.3m) cut through the SW edge of the trough, and the other (diam. 0.43m) was at a distance of 0.1m from the SE edge of the trough. A roughly oval pit (L 0.9m; Wth 0.7m; D 0.46m), of unknown function, was located c. 2.5m S of the trough, just S of the edge of the mound. Another fulacht fia (MA030-102----), located 20m to NW, was also excavated. (King 1998).
Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 22 July 2019
Nearby in the register
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Megalithic structureunder 1 mi
- Moundunder 1 mi
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.