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 Monroe 5 (Hardy et al. 2010, 16-17). It is situated in the slight valley of a NE-SW stream, which was c. 10m to the NW but is now channelled into a drain c. 150m to the NW. It was excavated (E4272) by C. Hardy who recorded a spread of broken and burnt stone (dims 6.71m N-S; 5.85m E-W; max. T 0.22m), which overlay a rectangular trough (dims 1.89m N-S; 0.83m E-W; D 0.38m). This had 15 stake-holes along the E and SE that probably represented a wind-break. There were no other features apart from a NE-SW channel immediately to the NW, which is probably the original stream. A sample from the mound material produced a C14 date of Cal. BC 1880-1695. The fulacht fia (WX026-090004-) is c. 80m to the SSE and the burnt mound (WX026-090003-) is c. 95m to the SSW. (McNamara 2012; Hardy 2013)

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 29 November, 2013

References

Hardy, C. 2013 Monroe 5. Burnt spread, stake-holes and ditch. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2010: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 253, No. 791. Dublin. Wordwell.

McNamara, M. 2012 M11 Gorey to Enniscorthy scheme, Co. Wexford. E4272, Monroe 5. Stage (IV) Final Excavation Report for Wexford County Council. Unpublished report, TVAS (Ireland).

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 Unpublished.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).