Fulacht fia

The National Monuments Service's description

Situated on the southern bank of a modern stream-cutting 35m upstream (to SW) of a bridge on the North Road. The site lies close to the outflow point from the working bog at Park, at a point where the original stream would have emerged from it before drainage and turf-cutting became extensive. The site is overlooked by a small hillock on the northern side of the stream, but otherwise the immediate surroundings are flat. Two exposures/spreads of heat- fractured stone were noted (MA085-002001-, MA085-002002-). The fulachta fia is visible as an intermittent band of burnt stone (L 7m on E–W axis, H c. 0.3m) in the southern face of a recently cut (c. 1988) drainage channel. A loose spread of burnt stone is also in evidence among the spoil dumped on the south- ern bank of the channel at this point. Finally, a very small cluster of burnt stone (L 0.45m) is visible in the northern face of the channel, directly opposite the western end of the exposure in its southern bank.

The above description is derived from: New Survey of Clare Island. Volume 5: Archaeology. Edited by Paul Gosling, Conleth Manning and John Waddell. (Royal Irish Academy, Dublin. 2007). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated.

Date of upload: 29 November 2018

References

Gosling, P., Manning, C. and Waddell, J. (eds.) 2007 New Survey of Clare Island, Volume 5: Archaeology. Dublin, Royal Irish Academy.