What is recorded here

Fulacht Fiadh are burnt mounds scattered across Ireland, with nearly 6,000 sites recorded, mostly dating to the Middle Bronze Age around 1800 B.C. They appear as horseshoe-shaped ridges of heated stone and soil beside streams or marshes, hiding troughs that likely filled themselves with water. Scholars still argue whether people cooked food, washed cloth, bathed bodies or brewed drink inside them, while the wet ground rejected permanent settlement.

Shown on 1938 OS 6-inch map to E of stream. No evidence of site; area flooded by artificial lake in sand and gravel works. Two other fulachta fiadh close by (CO061-120001-; CO061-120002-) also flooded. 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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