What is recorded here

Clogharevaun Castle overlookes a crescent-shaped cooking mound where hot stones once crashed into water to steam food or bathes. The Clogharevaun River still flows beside the grassy remains, carrying memories of heat and haste. People gathered there because warmth and meal belong together. Much of the southern edge is gone, taken when the river was straightened, but the burnt stones in the bank still mark the place where life was made comfortable.

In level pastureland, some 125m to the S of Clogharevaun Castle (GA097-084001-). Described by Cody (1989, 159, no. 16) as a flat-topped grass-covered mound (12m E-W; 8m N-S; H 0.6m), roughly crescentic in plan and open to the N. The Clogharevaun River flows E-W immediately to its S. Some apparently burnt stone was visible in the river bank towards the W end of the mound. According to Cody (ibid.), the S edge of the fulacht fia was removed when the course of the river was straightened some time between 1838 and 1892. It was originally located c. 10-12m to N of the river. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 25 November 2019

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