Fulacht fia in Baile An Tsagairt (tc Na Gleannta) — Report the wrong picture

What is recorded here

Hot stones cracked and hissed in marsh water, filling Baile An Tsagairt with steam and the smell of wet earth. People may have heated food, cleaned tools or gathered there before roads and fields took the land back. The mound still holds its burnt stones, while new drains cut beside it and forgetting piles itself on top.

This densely overgrown, horseshoe-shaped mound is located in a level, marshy field and is flanked to N and S by recent drains; the fill from these has been piled alongside the mound. It measures 9.25m E-W, c. 8m N-S, up to 1m in height and is chiefly composed of small burnt and fire-shattered stones. Immediately inside the open N end of the mound, at its W side, are 2 flat slabs resembling paving stones. An L-shaped pit, 2m x 1.5m x c. 1m deep, has been dug into the centre of the site and appears to be of fairly recent origin. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 239. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 4 August 2013

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