What is recorded here
Topsoil stripping on the South-Eastern Motorway uncovered a fulacht fiadh. This appeared as a discontinuous spread of dark soil (L 18m, Wth 15m). It covered an oval pit (L2m, D 0.7m) filled with burnt material. Four pieces of flint were found in the pit (Breen 2004, 177).
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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