What is recorded here
Melt butter, brew coffee, heat stones until they sing. Drop them in water, watch steam rise like a ghost leaving the field. That is a fulacht fia. Build one anywhere soil and stone exist.
The following description is derived from both the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986) and the 'Archaeological Survey of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1991). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007
Area of burnt stones and charcoal uncovered during ploughing, 100m NE of standing stone (LH021-024----).
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
Places near here
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Black HillMountain / peak · 4.5 mi
Yellow IslandIslet · 4.7 mi