Fulacht fia

The National Monuments Service's description

Situated on a level landscape. Topsoil stripping (02E0194) in advance of a gas pipeline identified a burnt stone spread (1A/16/2) that was completely excavated (02E0692). A spread of broken and burnt stone (dims 5m x 2m) overlay a subrectangular pit (dims 1.9m x 0.6m; D 0.25m) filled with a silty humus deposit beneath a redeposit of subsoil, and a subcircular pit (dims 0.87m x 0.78m; D 0.18m) filled with fired material. The fulachta fia (ME038-035----; ME038-035001-) are c. 83m to the E, and the lithic scatter (ME038-037----) is c. 50m to the E. (Tobin 2003; 2004; 2007)

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 8 March, 2018

References

Tobin, R. 2004 Lagore Little (BGE 1A/16/2): Fulacht fia, 02E0692. In I. Bennettt (ed.) Excavations 2002: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 420-1, No. 1487. Bray, Wordwell

Tobin, R. 2003 Gas Pipeline to the West, Section 1(a) Archaeological Stratigraphic Report, Lagore Little, Co. Meath. Licence No. 02E0692. Site 1A/16/2. Unpublished report, Margaret Gowen and Co.

Tobin, R. 2007 No. 1487. Lagore Little, Fulacht fia. in Grogan, E., O'Donnell, L, and P. Johnston (eds) The Bronze Age landscapes of the Pipeline to the West: an integrated archaeological and environmental assessment, 328. Bord Gáis Eireann and Wordwell, Bray