What is recorded here

Fulacht fia is a Bronze Age burnt mound on the eastern floodplain of a small tributary of the river Nore, marked by heat-cracked stone, charcoal-rich soil, a possible trough, two pits, a flint end scraper and a barbed and tanged arrowhead. It stands twenty metres west of a medieval settlement, suggesting people returned to this watery edge across centuries. The mound may have heated water for cooking, cleaning or ritual, while the arrowhead hints at hunting, conflict or merely loss.

On the E floodplain of a small tributary of the river Nore. A medieval settlement (KK019-135----) lies c. 20m to the E. Excavated in 2007 in advance of the N9/N10 Kilcullen to Waterford road scheme (Licence no. E3734). The badly ploughed out remains of a burnt mound (comprising heat-cracked stone and charcoal-rich soil) a possible trough and two pits. Two artefacts – a flint end scraper from the burnt mound and a barbed and tanged arrowhead from a secondary context - confirm a Bronze Age date. (Devine and Kealy 2009; Devine 2010) Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 12 November 2013

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