Fulacht fia in Cappagh (kinsale By.) — Report the wrong picture

What is recorded here

Melt water for drinking, clean linen for the body, cook food for the table. The site is no longer visible, but the function is plain. People heated stones, broke them into a basin of water and used the result. That is all a fulacht fia is.

In tillage, on W-facing slope overlooking Whitecastle Creek. Spread of burnt material (16m N-S; 9m E-W); stream to S. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

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