Fulacht fia

The National Monuments Service's description

Situated towards the bottom of a gentle S and SW-facing slope. Identified in centre-line testing (10E0298) in Area 4 of the N5 Ballaghaderreen bypass as a burnt mound (dims 10m N-S; 9m E-W; max. T 0.35m), which was set aside for further work as a part of Bockagh 3 (Janes and Delaney 2010a, 9).
It was completely excavated (10E0378) when the mound (dims 6.2m x 4.2m; T 0.35m) overlay an oval trough (dims 1.8m x 0.8m; D 0.33m) with straight sides cut into the sandy silty clay subsoil. One stone remained in place, and a fragment of hazel produced a C14 date of 1208-1012 BC. A second fulacht fia (RO008-072002-) is c. 5m to the W, and burnt mound (RO008-072003-) is c. 10m to the NW. Further afield fulacht fia (RO008-071----) is c. 100m to the W, and there are three fulachta fia (RO008-073001-; RO008-073002-; RO008-073003-) c. 80m to the ESE. (Kyle and Delaney 2011e)

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 10 February, 2012

References

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 Unpublished report, National Monuments Service, Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht.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.

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 Unpublished report, National Monuments Service, Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht.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.