Fulacht fia in Bockagh

Situated towards the bottom of a gentle S-facing slope. Identified in centre-line testing (10E0298) in Area 4 of the N5 Ballaghaderreen bypass as a horseshoe-shaped burnt mound (C3) (diam. 14m; max. T 0.5m), which was set aside for further work as a part of Bockagh 4. (Janes and Delaney 2010a, 9) Subsequently it was fully excavated (10E0379), which revealed that a rectangular trough (dims 1.91m x 1.59m; D 0.53) was cut through the silty clay subsoil with the upcast from it nearby. A small pit (diam. 0.8m; D 0.15m) nearby might be the base of another trough. These features were covered by a mound of burnt stone (dims 6m x 5m; T 0.25m). (Kyle and Delaney 2011g) Fulacht fia (RO008-073002-) is c. 10m to the SSE, and fulach fia (RO008-073003-) is c. 15m to the SSW. Further afield there are three fulachta fia (RO008-072001-; RO008-072002-; RO008-072003-) c. 80m to the WNW, and the possible hearth (RO008-074----) is c. 80m to the SE. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 10 February, 2012