Fulacht fia

The National Monuments Service's description

Located towards the bottom of a SE-facing slope of Lacken Hill. A deposit consisting of patches of grey/black silty clay with charcoal (diam. 8-8.5m) was identified in centre-line testing (E4067) for the N25 New Ross by-pass during 2009 (Doyle et al. 2010, 41-2). It was set aside for resolution as Lacken 3 and excavated (E4125) when a trough (dims 2.74m NE-SW: 1.68m NW-SE; D 0.38-0.52m) with 59 stake-holes in five clusters was recorded beneath a truncated spread of broken and burnt stone (dims 2.25m NE-SW; 1.1m NW-SE; max. T 0.3m). There was a small pit (dims 0.7m x 0.6m; D 0.2m) and some post-holes associated with the trough. The excavated features (WX030-100----) are c. 70m to the NE. (Clark and Hackett 2010, 8-12; Hackett 2013)

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 24 September, 2013

References

Doyle, L., Hackett, L., Hession, J., Marshall, M. Yates, D. and Bolger, T. 2010 N25 New Ross bypass road scheme, Cappagh, Co. Kilkenny to Knockroe, Co.Wexford. Archaeological services contract, Stage (1) – standard test excavation, wetland test excavation, townland boundary survey and architectural/built heritage survey. Test excavation report, under Ministerial Directions Number A52 (E4067) Unpublished report. Headland Archaeology Ltd.

Hackett, L. 2013 Lacken 3. Fulacht fia. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2010: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 250-51, No. 781. Dublin. Wordwell.

Clark, L. and Hackett, L. 2010 New Ross bypass road scheme, Cappagh, Co. Kilkenney to Knockroe, Co. Wexford. Archaeological Services Contract, Stage (iii) – excavation, post-excavation assessment report for Lacken 3 in the townland of Lacken, Co. Wexford. Unpublished report, Headland Archaeology.