Fulacht fia in Finnahy

Situated in a small, boggy valley with hills rising to E and W; a small stream ran down the centre of this valley. The site is in rough, wet pasture immediately N of a cut-away bog. An impressive horseshoe-shaped mound of burnt material (dims. 12m N-S; 12.8m E-W; H 0.8m) with a depression (dims. 5m N-S; 2.8m E-W), presumably for a trough, facing N. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Tipperary. Vol. 1 - North Tipperary' compiled by Jean Farrelly and Caimin O'Brien (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2002). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 22 September 2008