Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Habitation site
Buncrowey, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Buncrowey
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- SMR number
- SL017-057----
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The National Monuments Service's description
In 1887, during the construction of a bog road, traces of a number of fires were identified between c. 1.5m and c. 2.1m below the peat. All of the hearths were paved with stones. One large example was semicircular in plan (diam. c. 9m) (Wood-Martin 1887-8, 278-81). Some of these features probably represented the remains of fulachtai fia. They appear to have been partly or entirely destroyed during the road construction. Their exact location was not recorded.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 19 January 2011
References
Wood-Martin, W.G. 1887-8 The rude stone monuments of Ireland, parts III to VIII. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 18, 50-94, 118-59, 254-99, 367-81.