Fulacht fia in Fermoy — Report the wrong picture

What is recorded here

Heat-shattered stones and charcoal soil mark a timber-lined trough and hearth on level ground near Fermoy. People likely boiled water, cooked food or cleaned materials there before modern roads and drains crossed the site. The broken stones still record the repeated violence of fire and water.

On level ground, c. 100m W of a stream. This fulacht fia was excavated in 2003 in advance of the construction of the N8 Rathcormac-Fermoy Bypass. Excavation revealed a spread (c. 12m x 10m; max. D 0.25m) of heat-shattered stones and charcoal-enriched soil much disturbed by modern field drains which extended across the spread in a NE-SW direction. Beneath the spread was a rectangular timber-lined trough (2.5m x 1.6m; D 0.37m) and immediately to the NW of it was a hearth consisting of a setting of stones. Two pits filled with burnt material were also uncovered. (O'Neill 2005, 1-47; 2006j, 60, Fermoy 4) 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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