Fulacht fia in Ballydowny

A mound (5.8m x 2.2m) of burnt material was excavated in 2002 prior to the construction of a housing estate (Kiely 2004c, 218). The mound overlay a rectangular partially stone-lined trough (2.5m x 1.8m; D 0.55m) and 0.3m E of the trough was a stone-lined hearth (ibid.). A calibrated radiocarbon date from the Middle Bronze Age (1490-1200 BC) was obtained from charcoal from the hearth (ibid.). Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 31 January 2011