Fulacht fia

The National Monuments Service's description

This site (BGE: 1A/36/2) was excavated (02E0833) ahead of the Gas Pipeline to the West. Located on a steep slope below the crest of a ridge, at the point where marshy pasture becomes bog it consisted oval trough (1.7m diam. 0.74m deep) contained twelve fills. A radiocarbon date of 2290-1920 cal. BC was recovered from the basal fill. Four rectangular and nineteen smaller circular stakeholes were cut into the trough base. a further eight stakeholes and two shallow pits were located to the NW of the trough. A small pit located SE of the trough had a high charcoal content and returned a date of 2290-2020 cal. BC. A rough brushwood layer occurred between the two main layers mound material which was located 2m downslope of the trough. (Baker 2004; 2006; 2007)

Compiled by: Christine Baker

Date of upload: 16 April 2015

References

Baker C. 2007a Cloncowan I. In Grogan, E., O'Donnell, L. and P. Johnston (eds) the Bronze Age Landscapes of the Pipeline to the West, 319-20. Bray, Wordwell

Baker, C. 2006 Gas Pipeline to the West: Section 1A. Final Archaeological Report. Cloncowan 1, Rathmoylan, Co. Meath. Licence No. 02E0833. Site Ref. 1A/36/2 Unpublished report, Margaret Gowen and Co. Ltd.

Baker, C. 2004 Cloncowan: Fulacht fia. In I. Bennett (ed.) Excavations 2002: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 406, No. 1437. Bray, Wordwell