Not shown — Peafield

The record identifies Not shown — Peafield as Fulacht fia. It does not safely name every person, family or worker who used it, or fix all phases to exact years.

The recorded type points to a place where water was heated with fire-cracked stones, leaving burnt material and often a trough. That explains the likely everyday purpose without claiming people, tools or customs that the exact record does not prove.

The saved source says: In former pasture under the Limerick Southern Ring Road 20m from the townland boundary with Ballysimon. The excavation of a levelled fulacht fia under licence No. 01E0484, identified during monitoring of topsoil stripping, was undertaken prior to the construction of the Limerick Southern Ring Road in June 2001 (Collins 2001; Collins 2003, 242-3). The site was noted as a spread of burnt material (dims. 10m by 8m) centred on a trough feature. The sub-rectangular trough contained the trace of one timber, 1.43m in length, in a very poor state of preservation. Two modern drains were cut into the fulacht fia mound; both were filled with burnt stone. It appeared that the fulacht fia had been levelled during localised land reclamation (Collins 2003, 242-3). Compiled by: Edmond O’Donovan Date of upload: 15 July 2020

The saved record does not establish one certain ending. A change in farming, water level, trade, fuel, ownership, route or settlement pattern may have ended the use, but no single cause is claimed without evidence.

Not shown — Peafield matters because material evidence was found or examined here, allowing the place to answer questions that its name alone cannot. The source records: The excavation of a levelled fulacht fia under licence No. 01E0484, identified during monitoring of topsoil stripping, was undertaken prior to the construction of the Limerick Southern Ring Road in June 2001 (Collins 2001 The examination or finds give physical evidence for date, use or human activity rather than leaving the account as guesswork.