Fulacht fia in Ballincurry

In wet pasture, in a broad valley. A grass-covered horseshoe-shaped mound (9.5m NE-SW; 7.6m NW-SE; H 0.67m) of heat-shattered stones and dark soil; the opening (3m NNW-SSE; 2m ENE-WSW) is at SSE. There is a drain c. 2.5m to S and traces of a levelled field boundary 1m to W. Another fulacht fia (SL043-005----) lies c. 50m to E. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of upload: 18 January 2008