What is recorded here

Mist still clings to the wet field outside Athenry, where a horseshoe of heated stone waits beneath the soil. People may have gathered there to cook, bathe, brew or process cloth, but the trough remains empty of proof. The mound endures because human want kept returning to water that could be heated and shaped.

In pasture. Spread of burnt material noted; extent not determined. Second fulacht fiadh (CO072-100002-) c. 15m to E. 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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