What is recorded here
Dromultan is a large burnt mound in County Kerry, Ireland, overlooking Castleisland. A fulacht fia is an ancient cooking or bathing site where water was heated with stones and poured over them. The mound measures about twenty metres north to south and fourteen metres east to west, rising roughly 1.7 metres. Thorn bushes and rush still cover much of it, keeping the shape of its use half-hidden.
In rough rushy land on gentle N facing slope overlooking town of Castleisland to N. Large mound of burnt material (c. 20m N-S a 14m E-W x H c. 1.7m) covered in scrub and thorn bushes making detailed examination very difficult.
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 21 April 2022
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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