Fulacht fia

The National Monuments Service's description

Situated towards the bottom of a gentle S-facing slope. Identified in centre-line testing (10E0298) in Area 4 of the N5 Ballaghaderreen bypass as a horseshoe-shaped burnt mound (C3) (diam. 14m; max. T 0.5m), which was set aside for further work as a part of Bockagh 4. (Janes and Delaney 2010a, 9)
Subsequently it was fully excavated (10E0379), which revealed that a rectangular trough (dims 1.91m x 1.59m; D 0.53) was cut through the silty clay subsoil with the upcast from it nearby. A small pit (diam. 0.8m; D 0.15m) nearby might be the base of another trough. These features were covered by a mound of burnt stone (dims 6m x 5m; T 0.25m). (Kyle and Delaney 2011g)

Fulacht fia (RO008-073002-) is c. 10m to the SSE, and fulach fia (RO008-073003-) is c. 15m to the SSW. Further afield there are three fulachta fia (RO008-072001-; RO008-072002-; RO008-072003-) c. 80m to the WNW, and the possible hearth (RO008-074----) is c. 80m to the SE.

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 10 February, 2012

References

Kyle, J. and Delaney, S. 2011g N5 Ballaghaderreen bypass. Bockagh 4, fulacht fia. Stage (iii) Post-excavation Assessment Report. Irish Archaeological Consultancy. Unpublished report, National Monuments Service, Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht. Licence no. 10E0379.

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 Unpublished report, National Monuments Service, Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht.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