What is recorded here

Hot stones, lifted water, and a stream for cooling turned Ballyogan into a kitchen for people who wanted heat without a hearth. The ground still holds dark patches where that work repeated itself, while post-medieval pottery, glass and clay pipes suggest the site stayed busy long after its name faded. Perhaps neighbours gathered there to cook, clean or share drink, using the same water and stone in a place the road later carried past.

During topsoil-stripping along the South-Eastern Motorway (M50) remains of fulacht fiadh were identified as patches of burnt soil near a stream. The finds from the fulacht fia consisted mainly of post-medieval pottery, glass and clay pipes (Breen 2004, 126). Compiled by: Geraldine Stout and Padraig Clancy. Revised upload on: 26 May 2018.

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