What is recorded here
Fulacht fia is a crescent-shaped mound of black earth and fire-cracked stones beside a spring well in Coan West, one of two similar mounds set thirty metres apart above the Dinin river valley. The sunken centre and cracked stones suggest repeated heating and pouring of water, perhaps for cooking, cleaning or ritual, though no vessel or hearth remains visible. People may have gathered at the well in wet seasons, drawing water into the mound and watching steam rise across the grassland. The mound still holds the shape of that effort, preserving a place where heat, water and human patience met repeatedly.
Adjacent to a spring well on a terrace above the Dinin river valley to S and a small stream valley to the E, in rolling grassland. Identified by Prendergast (1977, 267), the more easterly of two fulachta fia (KK011-004----; KK011-004002-) which are c. 30m apart. A crescent-shaped mound, composed of black earth and small fire-cracked stones, with a sunken central area.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 30 January 2019
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