What is recorded here

Fulacht Fiadh are burnt mounds scattered across Ireland, with nearly 6,000 recorded sites dating to the Middle Bronze Age around 1800 B.C. They feature horseshoe-shaped rock piles surrounding deep troughs near water, yet archaeologists still debate whether they served for cooking, bathing, textile work or brewing. The mystery persists because excavations reveal no consistent artifacts linking them to any single purpose, leaving these wetland structures caught between practical use and forgotten ritual.

In marshy ground on E side of stream and c. 150m SW of standing stone (CO050-015---). Heavily overgrown mound of burnt material; dimensions not determined. Second fulacht fiadh (CO050-017---) c. 100m to S. 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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