Fulacht fia in Mooretown (nethercross By.) — Report the wrong picture

What is recorded here

Fire and water met beside St Cronan’s well in Mooretown, where a wicker-lined trough still lies within charcoal-browned earth. People may have heated water for washing, cooking or ritual, then poured it back into the ground. The stones cracked from that heat, and the earth kept the shape of the vessel.

Features identified by geophysical survey (Licence no. 06R067) undertaken in advance of proposed development were confirmed by test excavation (Licence no. 08E0303). A fulacht fia is present in close proximity to St Cronan’s well (DU011-018----). It consists of two charcoal rich spreads (6m max. diam.) that contain fire cracked stone and a trough, oval in plan (1.75m diam.) and lined with wicker-work (Frazer 2008, 30). Compiled by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 4 February 2015

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