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Fulacht fia in Curraghcloonabro East

Fulacht fia

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Ten metres south of a rath, three fulachtaí fia are scattered across a gentle slope in Curraghcloonabro East. The nearest is a low, horseshoe-shaped mound of heat-shattered stones and charcoal-enriched soil, its waterlogged opening facing northeast. People may have gathered there to heat water for cooking, cleaning or ritual, while the other two sites waited thirty-eight metres south and eighty metres northwest.
In pasture, on a gentle WSW-facing slope and c. 10m S of a rath (CO007-013002-). A low, grass-covered, horseshoe-shaped mound (18m NW-SE; 15m NE-SW, H 0.2m) of heat-shattered stones and charcoal-enriched soil. The waterlogged opening (Wth 4m) faces NE. Two other fulachtaí fia (CO007-172----, CO007-013001-) lie c. 38m to the S and c. 80m to the NW, respectively. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009

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