Fulacht fia in Bockagh

Situated towards the bottom of a gentle S and SW-facing slope. Identified in centre-line testing (10E0298) in Area 4 of the N5 Ballaghaderreen bypass as a burnt mound (dims 10m N-S; 9m E-W; max. T 0.35m), which was set aside for further work as a part of Bockagh 3 (Janes and Delaney 2010a, 9). It was completely excavated (10E0378) when the mound (dims 6.2m x 4.2m; T 0.35m) overlay an oval trough (dims 1.8m x 0.8m; D 0.33m) with straight sides cut into the sandy silty clay subsoil. One stone remained in place, and a fragment of hazel produced a C14 date of 1208-1012 BC. A second fulacht fia (RO008-072002-) is c. 5m to the W, and burnt mound (RO008-072003-) is c. 10m to the NW. Further afield fulacht fia (RO008-071----) is c. 100m to the W, and there are three fulachta fia (RO008-073001-; RO008-073002-; RO008-073003-) c. 80m to the ESE. (Kyle and Delaney 2011e) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 10 February, 2012