What is recorded here

Clear water, hot stones, steam rising into the quiet basin: a fulacht fia is a place where heat and water were forced to work together. In Lecrow, that old mound still holds its shape at the edge of Lough na bPoll, watched by higher ground on three sides. People may have gathered there to cook, clean, heal or mark the passage of seasons, while steam carried the smell of life across the peat.

Situated at the extreme south-eastern end of a flat peaty basin known locally as ‘Lough na bPoll’. The fulacht fia is overlooked by higher ground on the south-western, southern and eastern sides. It is a roughly oval mound (E–W 5.6m, NNE–SSW 4.3m, H 0.35–0.4m max.) with a lunate depression on the south-south-western side. The mound is mantled by a thick covering of peat up to 0.25m thick, beneath which is an impenetrable layer of angular fire-fractured stone. A second fulacht fia (MA085-005007-) lies c. 20m to NNW. The above description is derived from: New Survey of Clare Island. Volume 5: Archaeology. Edited by Paul Gosling, Conleth Manning and John Waddell. (Royal Irish Academy, Dublin. 2007). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated. Date of upload: 29 November 2018

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