Fulacht fia in Bawnfune (gaultiere By., Lisnakill Par.)

Situated on a gentle E-facing slope. Identified in centre-line testing (05E0763) of the alternate route of the N25 Waterford city bypass (Russell 2008b), and excavated completely (E3443) as Bawnfune 5 during 2007 (O'Hara 2010f). A thin scattered mound of burnt stone (dims. 13.75m x 10.65m; max. T 6cm) overlay a subcircular trough (dims. 1.2m x 0.94m; D 0.3m), a subrectangular trough (dims. 2.4m x 1m; D 0.52m) and seven small pits. All features were filled with elements of burnt stone. A C14 date of cal. BC 1890-1690 was derived from the subrecatangular trough. Burnt mound (WA017-133----) is c. 100m to the ENE. (O'Hara 2009b; O'Hara and Ginn 2011i) O'Hara, R. (2009b) N25 Waterford bypass alternative route. Archaeological investigation. Contract 1. Final reprot on the Archaeological excavation of Bawnfune 5. E3443. Unpublished report. DEHLG. Archaeological Consultancy Services. O'Hara, R. (2010f) Bawnfune 5. Possible burnt mound activity. in I. Bennett (Ed.) Excavations 2007: summary accounts of excavations in Ireland, 511, No. 1805. Wordwell. Dublin. O’Hara, R. and V. Ginn (2011i) Bawnfune 5, Co. Waterford. in J. Eogan and E. Shee-Twohig (2011) Cois tSiúire – nine thousand years of human activity in the lower Suir valley. Archaeological excavations on the N25 Waterford city bypass, vol. 2, 17. NRA road scheme: Monograph 8, Dublin Russell, I. (2008b) Various townlands. in I. Bennett (Ed.) Excavations 2005: summary accounts of excavations in Ireland, 361, No. 1481. Wordwell. Dublin. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 13 May 2011