What is recorded here

Not shown is a fulacht fia in County Limerick, Ireland. The story is about a fording point near the River Shannon, where people crossed the water and lived beside it. The land has changed, but the river and valley remain the same.

In pasture, at the base of the valley, on the S side of the River Shannon. Not depicted on OS historic mapping. A fording point (LI001-001----) is located c. 80m to NE. Identified during archaeological testing (License No. 01E0319) which consisted of an advanced topsoil strip, within the way-leave corridor for the Castleconnell Sewerage Scheme (McCutcheon 2001). The feature was excavated (License No. 01E0319 ext.) in Area C (Series 500/500) and represented part of a burnt spread (L 4.6m; Wth 0.9m; D 0.4m) which ran under the N baulk at the edge of the way-leave corridor for the scheme (Collins 2001, 59). The deposit C35 consisted of loose dark greyish black sandy silt, which contained frequent inclusions of burnt stones (ibid). The way-leave and spoil-heaps were also inspected for artefacts. Several axe fragments were retrieved in this exercise, as well as most of the worked chert and flint (71 fragments of flint and 116 of chert were recovered). Artefact analysis and dating are in progress. There is no visible surface expression of the monument on Digital Globe aerial photography. Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 18 June 2020

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