Fulacht fia

The National Monuments Service's description

Identified in centre-line testing, and excavated (11E0231) as Currinah 5b in the preparatory work for the N5 Charlestown by-pass. Situated in a SE-NW valley with a small stream c. 80m to the N. Excavation recorded a S-N palaeo-channel c. 5m E of the base of a small oval trough (dims 1.3m NW-SE; 1m NE-SW; D 0.15m) with some timbers at the bottom that was overlain by a larger straight-sided rectangular trough (dims 2.2m NW-SE; 1.2m NE-SW; D 0.63m) that still had some stones from its lining and floor. The upper trough was filled with broken and burnt stone that spread into a mound (dims 10m x 8m; max. T 0.4m) of two principal layers W of the trough and which sealed a single post-hole. A sample of oak from the lower trough produced a C14 date of 2026-1887 cal. BC while a sample of charcoal from the upper trough produced a C14 date of 1253-1027 cal. BC. Burnt mound (RO008C036001-) is c. 30m to the NW. (Delaney 2011c, 2-4)

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 16 October, 2015

References

Delaney, D. 2011c N5 Ballaghaderreen Bypas: Currinah 5a & 5b Fulachta fia. Licence: 11E0231. Unpublished report: Irish Archaeological Consultancy