What is recorded here

Fulacht Fiadh are burnt mound sites found throughout Ireland, typically dating to the Middle Bronze Age around 1800 B.C. They feature horseshoe-shaped mounds of heated stones surrounding deep troughs, usually built near water so the basins could refill themselves. Archaeologists still debate whether people used them for cooking, bathing, textile work or brewing, because excavations rarely uncover tools that match one specific purpose. The mounds remain scattered across wet fields, preserving the mystery of how ordinary life operated beside them.

In pasture. Overgrown mound of burnt material (17.4m NE-SW; 14.6m NW-SE; H 1.6m); shape not determined but 1937 OS 6-inch map shows horseshoe-shaped mound with opening facing E. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). 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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