Fulacht fia in Monamintra

Situated in a low-lying col with the summits of hills c. 520m to the N and c. 730m to the E. Discovered in centre-line testing (07E0562) (Noonan 2010) for the re-alignment of the R 708 Airport road, and completely excavated (07E0676) (Lalonde 2010b). A mound of broken and burnt stones (dims. c. 9m E-W; c. 8m N-S) overlay two rectangular troughs. The earlier trough (1.7m x 1.4m; D 0.45m) has stake-holes in the corners and traces of planks in the base. This trough was slightly truncated by a rectangular trough (dims. 1.9m x 1.2m; D 0.25m) with evidence of corner stake-holes and a plank base. Ditch barrow (WA018-084----) and associated features are c. 100m to the SE. (Lalonde 2007) Lalonde, D. J. (2007) Airport road realignment scheme, phase 3. Archaeological excavations at Monamintra 1, Co. Waterford. Preliminary Report. Unpublished report. DEHLG. Daniel Noonan Archaeological Consultancy. Lalonde, D.J. (2010b) Monamintra. Burnt spread and trough. in I. Bennett (Ed.) Excavations 2007: summary accounts of excavations in Ireland, 518, No. 1833. Wordwell. Dublin Noonan, D. (2010) R708 Airport road realignment scheme, phase 3. Archaeological test excavations. Unpublished report. Licence: 06E0676. Daniel Noonan Archaeological Consultancy. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 27 January 2011