Fulacht fia

The National Monuments Service's description

Situated on a gentle S-facing slope. Topsoil stripping (02E0194) in advance of a gas pipeline identified as disturbed patches of heat-shattered stone (1A/25/2) which was completely excavated (02E0688). The patches of burnt stone material overlay a subcircular trough (dims 1.5m x 1.2m; D 0.4m) with three fills. There were two pits nearby and a thin spread of burnt stone (dims 5m E-W; 4m N-S) 0.8m distant at the closest point downslope to the S. A sample from the trough produced a C14 date of 2280-2030 cal. BC. (Byrne 2002, 2004, 2007)

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 8 March, 2018

References

Byrne, E. 2004 Arodstown Fulacht fia, 02E0688. In I. Bennett (ed.) Excavations 2002: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 398-9, No. 1414. Bray, Wordwell

Byrne, E. 2007 No. 1414. Arrodstown, 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, 316. Bord Gáis Eireann and Wordwell, Bray

Byrne, E. 2002 Gas Pipeline to the West, Section 1A Archaeological Stratigraphic Report, Arodstown, Co. Meath. Licence No. 02E0688. Site ref. 1A/25/2. Unpublished report, Margaret Gowen and Co.