What is recorded here

Fulacht Fiadh is an unexcavated fulacht fia in County Cork, measured at 19 metres east-west and 18 metres north-south before the Ballincolig bypass was built. It still lies in reclaimed pasture north of a stream, keeping its burnt spread and mound shape rather than becoming a display or a ruin. People may have gathered there to heat water, cook food or mark the land, while the bypass later passed around the memory instead of opening it.

In reclaimed pasture, to N of stream. Shown on 1939 OS 6-inch map as mound. Spread of burnt material noted. See Excavations 2002, 83. Archaeological test trenching was carried out to determine the extent of this fulacht fia in advance of the construction of the Ballincolig bypass. Its maximum measurements were determined as 19m E-W by 18m N-S. This fulacht fia was not excavated and it remains in situ. 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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