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Fulacht fia in Monadreela is a fulacht fia in Monadreela, County Tipperary, Ireland. A sub-circular pit or trough measured 1.16 metres wide and 0.2 metres deep, holding black sandy silt with charcoal and burnt sandstone. Associated pits contained similar material beside it in the eastern marshland, while two pit-burials lay about 40 metres to the west and a kiln about 20 metres to the northwest.

An area c. 40m x 40m was excavated in advance of construction of the N8 Cashel Bypass and N74 Link Road South on the sloping ground c. 20m to the S of a small lake. The excavation revealed a concentration of activity in the form of pits and post-holes (TS061-159----). In the marshland at the eastern edge of the excavated area a fulacht fia was partially uncovered. It consisted of a sub-circular pit or trough (Wth 1.16m; D 0.2m) containing black sandy silt with charcoal and burnt sandstone with associated pits containing similar material (O'Flanagan 2004, 12 - unpublished excavation report). Two pit-burials (TS061-160----; TS061-162----) were located c. 40m to the W and a kiln (TS061-168----) was located c. 20m to the NW. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

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