Fulacht fia in Newcastle

At the S end of Carrowkeel Housing development, 320m S of the R445. Not marked on any of the OS maps. Archaeological testing of a mound of archaeological potential was undertaken by Tracy Collins under licence No. 02E1402. The results were summarised as following; ‘Three trenches were dug by machine. It was quickly realised that the mound was a natural feature. However, in the longest trench a spread of stony burnt material was discovered, along with two circular pits, which were also filled with the burnt material. These features were interpreted as the remains of a burnt mound, perhaps a fulacht fiadh, with two associated pits, which may have functioned as troughs’ (www.excavations.ie 2002:1145; Collins 2002). The burnt stone material was recorded for a length of 24m N-S while the associated pits were 1m in diameter. Compiled by Martin Fitzpatrick Date upload 15 June 2020