Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Fulacht fia
Ballaghboy, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballaghboy
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.02167, -8.33237
- SMR number
- SL040-238001-
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
In wet pasture, to W of a stream and c. 20m W of a burnt mound (SL040-23802-). This fulacht fia was discovered during the construction of the Curlew bypass and excavated in 1995 (Channing 1998a, 154). It consisted of a spread (c. 12m E-W; c.16m N-S) of burnt stones in a reddish-brown silty clay matrix with a high peat content and occasional flecks of charcoal. The spread was partially truncated by machinery prior to excavation. Excavation revealed a trough (1.8m x 0.95m; D 0.3m), lined with wood, cut into the subsoil. The space between the edges of the trough and the wood lining was filled with a grey daub-like substance while the trough itself was filled with burnt stones.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005).
Date of upload: 18 January 2008
Nearby in the register
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
- Road - road/trackwayunder 1 mi
- Blockhouseunder 1 mi
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.