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 when it 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 2.03m x 1.4m; D 0.25) was cut through peat into the silty clay subsoil, with its upcast nearby. Timbers lining the sides and floor were derived from split roundwoods, and were mostly willow, alder and oak. A sample of hazel produced a C14 date of 1115-932 cal. BC. The trough and upcast were covered by a horseshoe-shaped mound of burnt stone (dims 7.7m x 4.9m; T 0.5m). (Kyle and Delaney 2011g)
Fulacht fia (RO008-073002-) is c. 5m to the NE, and fulacht fia (RO008-073001-) is c 10m to the NNE. 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, 2010

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 Unpublished report, National Monuments Service, Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht.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 Unpublished report, National Monuments Service, Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht.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