What is recorded here

Heat-cracked stone and black clay still mark the shallow mound where water once boiled for people who left no named trace behind. The hidden spring beneath it suggests a busy kitchen, a cleansing place, or a small ritual ground rather than a forgotten disaster. Six troughs and six pits repeated the work, as if the site depended on rhythm instead of grand display.

Partially excavated in advance of construction of the N9/N10 Kilcullen-Waterford Road (Excavation Licence number E2592), a shallow, irregular-shaped mound (L 17.5m; Wth 17m) of loose black silt clay and heat-shattered limestone and sandstone. An irregular shaped well/spring (L 8m; Wth 6m; D 1.7m) was located under it. Six troughs and six small pits were also identified. No finds were recovered. (Hughs J. 2009, 49) Reference: Hughs J. (2009) 'Rathcrogue Fulacht fiadh and spring/well' in I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2006: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 49 (202). Bray. Wordwell Compiled by: Claire Breen Date of upload: 10 November 2010

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