Fulacht fia in Capnagower

Situated on the flat marshy bottom towards the eastern end of a small peat basin in enclosed grazing land. It lies 7.6m SSW of an enclosure (MA085-054----). Two other fulachtaí fia (MA085-052----, MA085-053----) lie 18m to E and 28m to SE, respectively. The fulacht fia is exposed in the north-north-eastern face of a recently cut drain (c. 1993–4) that runs WNW–ESE is a lens of heat-fractured stone (L 7.1m, T c. 0.2m), partially overlying peat. The lens comprises small, angular sandstone type rock (max. dim. 0.05–0.1m), although a number of flat slabs (max. dim. 0.5m) are also visible among the upcast on the northern bank of the drain. No visible surface traces survive. The above description is derived from: New Survey of Clare Island. Volume 5: Archaeology. Edited by Paul Gosling, Conleth Manning and John Waddell. (Royal Irish Academy, Dublin. 2007). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated. Date of upload: 29 November 2018