Fulacht fia in Ballincurry

In wet pasture. A low grass-covered horseshoe-shaped mound (7.8m WNW-ESE; 6m NNE-SSW; H 0.5m) of heat-shattered stones. The opening (1.5m WNW-ESE; 2.3m NNE-SSW) faces SSW. A second fulacht fia (SL042-034----) lies c. 50m to W and a third (SL043-006002-) lies c. 100m to SE; a burnt spread (SL043-006001-) also lies c. 100m to SE and there is a possible fulacht fia (SL043-007----) c. 200m to SE. 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