Fulacht fia

The National Monuments Service's description

Situated on the southern bank of stream c. 37.5m S of MA085-005004-. Situated on a gently sloping NW- facing slope that is, in part, the flood plain of the stream marked ‘Pollbrandy’ on Ordnance Survey maps. The fulacht fia consists of a horseshoe-shaped mound (NW–SE c. 7.7m, NE–SW c. 5.20m) opening to ENE, towards the stream. The prominent northern arm, on which burnt stone is exposed, contrasts with the low and fairly indeterminate southern arm. The eastern tip of the southern arm is cut across by an earthen field bank running on a NNW–SSE axis. There is a slight saddle between both mounds at SE, beyond which both mounds fade out almost imperceptibly into the surrounding land. Although a number of large stones are visible in the field. A bank where it touches the southern and northern arms of the mound, these do not appear to be part of the fulacht fia. However, one set stone 1m (L 0.25m), on the north-eastern side at the base of the northern arm, could conceivably be part of an external revetment.

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.