What is recorded here

Fire cracked sandstone and limestone into a shallow disc, eight metres north of a metalworking site. Whether the heat served smelting or fed a fulacht fia remains unclear, but the charcoal-rich soil still marks the violence of that choice. A separate burnt mound lies 190m south, suggesting the flood-plain belonged to repeated heating rather than a single accident.

Within the western flood-plain of the River Nore. A burnt mound and a metalworking site (KK009-096----) were revealed during archaeological monitoring of a Bord Gáis Éireann gas pipeline development and excavated in 1999 (Stevens 2000, 150-51; Licence no. 99E0597). The burnt mound is located 8m N of the metalworking site. The mound (dims. 4m x 2m; D 0.15m) consists of a small spread of charcoal-rich soil, fire-cracked stone (90% sandstone/10% limestone) and silt. It is unclear whether this burnt mound is associated with the adjacent metalworking site or is an unrelated fulacht fia. (Stevens 2000, 150-51). A fulacht fia (KK009-097----) lies c. 190m to the S. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 31 July 2018

Burnt mound in Parksgrove is a Bronze Age ritual or industrial site, characterized by a heap of heat-shattered stones, likely used for cooking, heating, or ceremonial purposes. Its association with a metalworking site highlights its significance in understanding early metallurgical and domestic activities in the region.

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