Fulacht fia

The National Monuments Service's description

Located on a flat, low-lying landscape. Archaeological testing during 2009 on the route of the N5 Ballaghadereen bypass identified a deposit of burnt mound material (dims. c. 7m x 6m; T 0.3m) with two pits (dims. 2m x 1.6m: 2m x 0.6m) nearby. It was set aside for resolution as Banada 1(Doyle 2010a, 11; 2012b).
Half the burnt mound was excavated revealing two troughs. One (diam. 1.8m; D 0.7m) had straight sides and a flat base with some timbers, but the sides were of wattle and pegs were found in situ in the floor. The other trough was oval (dims. 3.3m x 1.78m; D 0.48m), also with some timber which produced a C14 date of 2009-1771 cal. BC. (Kyle and Delaney 2011b; Kyle 2013b)

Compiled by: Michael Moore.

Date of upload: 10 February, 2012

References

Kyle, J. and Delaney, S. 2011b N5 Ballaghaderreen bypass. Banada I. Fulacht fia. Final report. Irish Archaeological Consultancy. Unpublished report, National Monuments Service, Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht. Licence no. 10E0302.

Kyle, J. 2013b Banada 1: burnt mound. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2010: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 178, No. 561. Dublin. Wordwell

Doyle, T. 2012b Areas G-P, Ballaghaderreen bypass: testing. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2009: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 180, No. 688. Dublin. Wordwell.

Doyle, T. 2010a N5 Ballaghadereen bypass road scheme, Co. Roscommon. Report on archaeological test trenching of areas G-P. Headland Archaeology. Unpublished report, National Monuments Service, Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht. Licence no. 09E0476.