What is recorded here

Hot stones, wet cordwood, and a pit large enough for several people to lean over: that is what a fulacht fia is. In Adamswood the remains lay beyond a dip in the bedrock, preserved in boulder clay instead of peat, with carbonised silt, a broad trough-like pit, and small stake-holes beside it. Whoever used it probably heated water for cooking, cleaning, or ritual, then left behind the faint architecture of heat.

Excavated by Sarah McCutcheon (02E1214) during monitoring of the Croagh Sewerage Scheme. This is the record for 'The final area was c. 510m from the treatment plant and lay beyond the dip in the bedrock; consequently the remains overlay boulder clay rather than peat. It initially comprised four discrete areas of carbonised silt. Two small patches of carbonised silt (1.8m (east-west) by 1.2m by 10mm deep, and 0.69m (east-west) by 0.53m by 10mm deep) occurred at the southern limit of the wayleave. A small pit and four stake-holes were revealed beneath the larger patch. To the west of these was a large subrectangular pit, 2.7m by 1.6m by 0.58m deep. Another large subrectangular area of carbonised silt, 4.2m north-south by 2m by 0.2m deep, occurred to the north of the pit or trough.' This description is posted on the web at the following internet address (accessed 3 August 2012): http://www.excavations.ie/ Compiled by: Denis Power Date of Upload: 8 August 2012

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