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Fulacht fia in Lissaniska (leitrim By.)

Fulacht fia

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Lissaniska holds a low penannular mound, twelve and a half metres long, opening west toward a small stream in marshy grassland. Fire-fractured stones still scatter its surface, marking the brutal heat used to cook food or warm water beside the water. A rath waits one hundred metres northeast, suggesting this was not a lonely camp but a lived-in landscape where people returned often. The mound barely rises above the ground now, yet it preserves the exact moment when stone, fire and water met.
In marshy grassland, c. 30m to the E of a small stream. This fulacht fia is defined by a low penannular mound (12.8m N-S; H 0.5m) opening towards the W. Some fire-fractured stones are visible on it. A rath (GA125-109----) lies c. 100m to the NE. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 26 November 2019

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