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 3 (Hardy et al. 2010, 116-17). It is situated at the bottom of a NW-facing slope with the headwaters of a small canalised NE-SW stream immediately to the N. It was partially excavated (E4215) by Y. Whitty when a rectangular trough (dims 2.28m NW-SE; 1.8m NE-SW; D 0.6m) with timbers on its flat base was recorded close to another trough (dims 1.6m plus x 1.3m plus; D 0.8m) immediately to its N at the edge of the excavation. There was a small pit (dims 0.62m x 0.6m; D 0.2m) nearby. A third, irregularly-shaped trough (dims 2.18m x 1.2m; D 0.53m) with timbers was 16m SW of the other two. All these features were beneath a burnt stone mound (dims 14m E-W; 9m plus N-S; max. T 0.4m) with smaller satellite deposits in the area. Three other pits (dims 1.9m x 1.62m; D 0.44m: 1.3m x 1.2m; D 0.4m: 0.85m x 0.68m; D0.18m) were outside the mound and produced most of the lithic artefacts recovered from secure contexts. Fulacht fia (WX020-092----) is c. 65m to the SW. (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 Unpublished.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. E4215, Moyne Middle 3. Stage (III) Post-excavation Assessment Report for Wexford County Council. Unpublished report, TVAS (Ireland).

Whitty, Y. 2013 Moyne Middle 3: burnt-stone spread and troughs. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2010: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 255-6, No. 801. Dublin. Wordwell.