What is recorded here

Folacht Fiadh is a fulacht fia in County Cork, Ireland, hidden beneath a fallen tree beside a holy well. It served as a cooking pit where heat stones dumped into water boiled food for travellers or workers. The site still belongs to the land, waiting for someone to move the branch and remember the steam that once rose there.

In uncultivated ground, between road and stream (to W) and adjacent to holy well (13953). Shown on 1935 OS 6-inch map as mound. Site completely obscured by large fallen tree. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

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