What is recorded here

Fulacht fiadh are the most common prehistoric sites in Ireland, with nearly 6,000 recorded examples dating to the Middle Bronze Age. They feature U-shaped stone mounds around depressions that likely held self-filling water troughs, yet archaeologists still debate whether they served for cooking, bathing, textile work or brewing. The name itself means hunting dog, hinting these were temporary camps rather than permanent homes. What is certain is that people kept returning to these wet places, heating stones and dropping them into water until the air filled with steam.

In pasture, to E of stream. Spread of burnt material noted; extent not determined. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

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