Fulacht fia

The National Monuments Service's description

Located on a slight N-facing slope. Centre-line testing (E4067) in advance of the N25 New Ross by-pass identified a spread of broken and burnt stone that was set aside for resolution as Berkeley 1 (Doyle et al 2010, 43-4). When it was fully excavated (E4120) the burnt stone layer (dims 7.4m x 6.6m; T 0.12m) was overlying a second burnt stone layer (dims 3.65m NW-SE; 2.2.1m NE-SW; max. T 8cm) that was W of a rectangular trough (dims 2.67m WNW-ESE; 1.73m NNE-SSW; D 0.28m) which had a flat base and three post-holes on the N side. A NE-SW linear cut (Wth c. 3m) is NW of the trough and appears to lie under the burnt mound material (Clark and Hackett 2010f, 8-9; Hackett 2013).

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 24 September, 2013

References

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 Berkeley 1 in the townland of Berkeley, Co. Wexford. Unpublished report, Headland Archaeology.

Hackett, L. 2013 Berkeley 1 Fulacht fia and associated features. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2010: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 227, No. 718. Dublin. Wordwell.

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 Test excavation report, under Ministerial Directions Number A52 (E4067) Unpublished report.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.