Fulacht fia in Bockagh

Situated towards the bottom of a gentle S and SW-facing slope, with a slight S-N stream c. 100m to the W. Identified in centre-line testing (10E0298) in Area 4 of the N5 Ballaghaderreen bypass as a burnt mound (dims 13.3m NW-SE; 10.5m NE-SW; max. T 0.5m) with traces of a trough, which was set aside for further work as Bockagh 2. (Janes and Delaney 2010a, 8-9) It was fully excavated (10E0377) and the mound (dims c. 8.7m x c. 7.8m; T 0.4m) overlay a rectangular trough (dims 1.65m x 0.62m; D 0.3m), which was timber-lined with 18 pegs to keep the timbers in place, and it had a timber base. A fragment of hazel from the trough produced a C14 date of 1900-1740 cal. BC. The burnt mounds (RO008-072001-; RO008-072002-) are c. 100m to the E. (Kyle and Delaney 2011e) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 10-02-2012