What is recorded here

Capnagower holds a small grassy mound beside a marshy stream, marking a fulacht fia where heat and water likely mixed for cooking or cleansing. A large stone with a natural depression still rests at its southern end, waiting to be identified as trough, basin or marker. The nearby holy well suggests the site remained alive in local memory, even when its working parts faded from sight.

Situated on the southern bank of a stream on an ENE-facing slope in marshy, enclosed land. A holy well (MA085-012002-) lies c. 30m to SE. The fulacht fia consists of a small oblong grassy mound (N–S 4m, E–W 2.4m). At its southern end a large stone (L 0.95m × Wth 0.55m × H 0.25m) sits on the surface of the mound: it has a natural depression in its upper surface. The location of the trough area is not obvious. The above description is derived from: New Survey of Clare Island. Volume 5: Archaeology. Edited by Paul Gosling, Conleth Manning and John Waddell. (Royal Irish Academy, Dublin. 2007). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated. Date of upload: 29 November 2018

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