Fulacht fia

The National Monuments Service's description

Situated towards the bottom of a gentle S and SW-facing slope, with a slight S-N stream c. 100m to the W. Identified in centre-line testing (10E0298) in Area 4 of the N5 Ballaghaderreen bypass as a burnt mound (dims 13.3m NW-SE; 10.5m NE-SW; max. T 0.5m) with traces of a trough, which was set aside for further work as Bockagh 2. (Janes and Delaney 2010a, 8-9)
It was fully excavated (10E0377) and the mound (dims c. 8.7m x c. 7.8m; T 0.4m) overlay a rectangular trough (dims 1.65m x 0.62m; D 0.3m), which was timber-lined with 18 pegs to keep the timbers in place, and it had a timber base. A fragment of hazel from the trough produced a C14 date of 1900-1740 cal. BC. The burnt mounds (RO008-072001-; RO008-072002-) are c. 100m to the E. (Kyle and Delaney 2011e)

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 10-02-2012

References

Kyle, J. and Delaney, S. 2011e N5 Ballaghaderreen bypass. Bockagh 2, fulacht fia. Final report. Irish Archaeological Consultancy. Unpublished report, National Monuments Service, Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht. Licence no. 10E0377.

Janes, T. and Delaney, S. 2010a N5 Ballaghaderreen bypass. Townlands: Currinah, Bohalas and Bockagh, Co. Roscommon. Irish Archaeological Consultancy. Unpublished report, National Monuments Service, Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht. Licence no. 10E0298.