What is recorded here

Fulacht Fia in Maghanlawaun is a well-preserved cooking pit on the floor of the Bridia valley, its burnt stones still forming a horseshoe beside the stream that feeds the Caragh river. People may have gathered there to boil meat for feasts, filling the valley with steam and the smell of rendered fat. The open end faces the water, as if the pit still draws drink for the dead or hunger for the living.

This well-preserved fulacht fiadh is located on the floor of the Bridia valley, close to the E bank of a stream which flows to the Caragh river at N. It survives as a horseshoe-shaped mound which measures 6.6m N-S x 4.9m E-W. It is up to .65m high, and is largely composed of burnt stones. Its open end faces the stream at W and measures 2.9m N-S x 2.3m E-W. Adjacent at E is a pre-bog complex (KE072-016----) and an example of rock art (KE072-015----). The above description is derived from A. O'Sullivan and J. Sheehan (compilers), 'The Iveragh peninsula: an archaeological survey of South Kerry'. Cork University Press (1996), no. 435. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 28 July 2013

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