Fulacht fia in Lisnamuck — Report the wrong picture

What is recorded here

Hot stones struck water until the air hissed and steam rose above Lisnamuck. People may have cooked food, cleaned cloth or gathered to mark a change in the season. The mound still holds charcoal, clay and cracked stone, while the hidden trough waits beneath the western edge with four abandoned stake holes.

Archaeological excavation (Site 1) in 2003 in advance of a large-scale, commercial development revealed a mound (L 16m; Wth 11.5m; D 0.46m) of charcoal-rich clay and burnt/fire-cracked stone. A large pit was situated at the W edge of the mound and the trough was concealed beneath it. The trough (L 2.15m; Wth 1.59m; D 0.2m) was rectangular with a flat bottom and a stake-hole positioned in each corner (Ó Maoldúin and Keeley 2006, 320–21). Two other fulachtaí fia (LF014-125----; LF014-129----) lie c. 77m to the SE and c. 80m to the N respectively and a burnt mound (LF014-124----) lies c. 30m to the SE. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 22 November 2011

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