What is recorded here

Fulacht Fian is a burnt-stone cooking mound in a swampy County Louth valley, where a nearby stream still suggests the old source of water. Heats may have been applied to stones before water was poured onto them, filling the air with steam and making the trough ready for food, cleaning or ritual. The mound remains irregular and honest, preserving the effort of repeated fire rather than the pretence of a finished monument.

The following description is derived from both the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986) and the 'Archaeological Survey of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1991). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007 Situated in a small swampy valley, between ridges of light soil to E and W. Immediately to E of mound is a small stream, probably the original source of water for the trough. The site consists of an irregularly-shaped mound (max. dims. 15m by 9m, H 0.6m) of burnt stone and charcoal with trough depression to E. To W and S are low irregular banks extending from the mound, comprised of mound material. However, their exact relationship to the mound is indeterminate.

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