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 Moyne Middle 4 (Hardy et al. 2010, 117-8). It is situated on a NW-facing slope with a small canalised NE-SW stream c. 20m to the NW. It was completely excavated (E4209) by Y. Whitty when a rectangular trough (dims 2.64m NW-SE; 1.8m NE-SW; D 0.5-0.75m) was uncovered. It had a flat bottom that sloped down to the SE and a step cut in the SE side. The trough cut a pit (dims 1.6m x 1.4m; D 0.2m) on its SW side, but there was no stratigraphic relationship with two other pits (dims 3.3m N-S; 1.2m E-W; D 0.22m: 1.13m x 1.02m; D 0.33-0.4m) that were 4.1m SE and 1.5m NW of the trough. A small spread of burnt stone material (dims 3.4m N-S; 1.7m E-W; max. T 0.3m) covered the pit NW of the trough. The burnt mound (WX020-090----) is c. 50m to the SW and the fulacht fia (WX020-092----) is c. 35m to the NE. (Hardy 2012; Whitty 2013)

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 28 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 Unpublished.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).

Hardy, C. 2012 M11 Gorey to Enniscorthy scheme, Co. Wexford. E4209, Moyne Middle 4.Stage (III) Post-excavation Assessment Report for Wexford County Council. Unpublished report, TVAS (Ireland).

Whitty, Y. 2013 Moyne Middle 4: displaced burnt stone mound, trough and pits. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2010: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 256, No. 802. Dublin. Wordwell.