Fulacht fia

The National Monuments Service's description

Situated on a gentle S-facing slope. Archaeological testing (09E0475) during 2009 on the route of the N5 Ballaghadereen bypass identified a deposit of burnt mound material (dims 10m NE-SW; 2m plus NW-SE; T 0.2m) that was set aside for resolution as Toobrackan 2 (O'Neill 2009, 17; 2012). It was completely excavated (10E0301) when two rectangular troughs (dims 0.8m x 0.63m; D 0.3m: 1.7m x 1.1m; D 0.25m) were recorded beneath the remains of a burnt mound. The larger trough produced a C14 date of 1111-902 cal. BC. (Kyle and Delaney 2011a, 4; Kyle 2013d)

Compiled by: Michael Moore.

Date of upload: 9 February, 2012.

O’Neill, N. 2009 N5 Balllaghaderreen Bypass Road Scheme, Co. Roscommon. Report on Archaeological Test Trenching of Areas A-F. Licence No. 09E0475, Unpublished report for Roscommon County Council , Headland Archaeology

References

Kyle, J. and Delaney, S. 2011a N5 Ballaghaderreen bypass. Toobraockan 1, miscellaneous; Toobrackan 2, fulacht fia. Final report. Irish Archaeological Consultancy. Unpublished report, National Monuments Service, Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht.
Licence no. 10E0301.

Kyle, J. 2013d Toobrackan 1 and 2. Features associated with a ringfort, burnt mounds. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2010: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 184-5, No. 585. Dublin. Wordwell