What is recorded here

Fulacht Fiadh are burnt mound sites scattered across Ireland, typically dating to the Middle Bronze Age around 1800 B.C. They feature horseshoe-shaped mounds of heated stones surrounding depressions that likely held water-filled troughs. Archaeologists remain divided whether people used them for cooking, bathing, textile work or brewing, because excavations rarely uncover consistent artifacts linking them to one specific activity. What is clear is that thousands of these wetland structures still mark the landscape, testifying to repeated human presence in places unsuitable for permanent settlement.

In pasture, c. 50m SE of Kilmeedy castle (CO048-019001-). Low grass-covered mound of burnt material (diam. c. 10m; H 0.5m); stream close by to ENE. 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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