What is recorded here

Fire-shattered stone and charcoal-rich soil still mark the horseshoe mound at the foot of Coomcallee, witness that heat and water worked together there. The crescent depression faces the spring like an invitation, while the nearby hut suggests people stayed long enough to make the place theirs. Perhaps they boiled food, cleaned tools or gathered to mark a change of season, turning rocky ground into a kitchen of steam and sparks.

Located at the foot of the W facing slopes of Coomcallee mountain, this fulacht fiadh is situated in rocky land 18m N of a spring well and 6m N of a hut (KE079-047----). It survives as a well-preserved horseshoe-shaped mound, measuring 12.4m N-S x 15.2m E-W and 1.3m high. At its S edge, facing the spring, is a crescent-shaped depression, 3.9m x 3m x .9m deep. Disturbance of the mound's surface at W and N reveals that is is composed of fire-shattered stones and charcoal-enriched soil. The above description is derived from A. O'Sullivan and J. Sheehan (compilers), 'The Iveragh peninsula: an archaeological survey of South Kerry'. Cork University Press (1996), no. 407. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 28 July 2013

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