Fulacht fia in Glenbane West

Fulacht fia excavated by Nikolah Gilligan (08E0782) and described as 'four pits and four troughs, some of which had internal postholes. The flooding of the palaeochannel had caused a deposit of heat-shattered stone and charcoal which had been produced in one of the troughs to spread across the site and seal the other features. Specialist analysis shows that yew was the dominant species present in the spread and the trough that had produced it. This was an unusual discovery as oak tends to be the dominant species identified ftom fulacht fiadh sites. Charcoal from the base of a posthole within one of the troughs was dated to 1129-1007 cal. BC (UBA 11553), which placed the site in the Middle Bronze Age.' This description is posted on the web at the following internet address (accessed 2 August 2012): http://www.excavations.ie/ Compiled by: Denis Power Date of Upload: 3 August 2012