Fulacht fia

The National Monuments Service's description

Identified in centre-line testing (E4110) in advance of the M11 Gorey to Enniscorthy road scheme and set aside for resolution as Ballycarrigeen Lower 3 (Hardy et al. 2010, 58). It is situated in a slight col between a rising incline to the SE and a slight rise c. 480m to the WNW. It was partially excavated (E4238) by M. McNamara when a kidney-shaped spread of burnt stone (dims 14m NE-SW; 6m NW-SE; T 0.4m) overlay an oval trough (dims 2.35m NE-SW; 1.2-1.4m NW-SE; D 0.25-0.3m) that had traces of a wood lining and seven post-holes and a stake-hole, mostly along its NW side. About 1m to the SE a rectangular pit (dims 1.54m NE-SW; 0.34m plus NW-SE; D 0.25m) may be another trough, but it extended outside the excavated area, as did some of the mound. The mound was cut by post-medieval features such as a NW-SE drain and a major N-S post-medieval ditch. The fulachta fia (WX011-071----: WX011-072----) are c. 105m to the N and c. 100m to the NE respectively. (McNamara 2012; 2013)

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 26 November, 2013

References

Hardy, C., Nugent, L., Homan Reid, R; O'Liathain, N; Whitty, Y.; and Coleman, C. 2010 N11 Gorey to Enniscorthy scheme. Archaeological Consultancy Services, Stage (1)a. E4110. Testing report for Wexford County Council. Unpublished. TVAS (Ireland).

McNamara, M. 2013 Ballycarrigeen Lower 3. Burnt-stone spread and associated features, post-medieval drain and ditches. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2010: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 215, No. 684. Dublin. Wordwell.

McNamara, M. 2011 M11 Gorey to Enniscorthy scheme, Co. Wexford. E4238, Ballycarrigeen Lower 3. Stage (III) Post-excavation Report for Wexford County Council. Unpublished report, TVAS (Ireland).