What is recorded here

Fulacht fia in Ardrea is a fulacht fia in Ardrea, County Sligo, Ireland. The horseshoe-shaped mound measures 15.4m north-south and 10.2m east-west to the drain edge, rising 0.35m above the wet pasture. Its 2m opening faces southwest toward Ardrea Lough, while a drain cuts through the eastern side. No burnt stone or charcoal shows on the grass-covered surface.

In low-lying wet pasture, on a slight SSE-facing slope 20m NE of the shore of Ardrea Lough. A drain truncates the E side of a horseshoe-shaped grass-covered mound (15.4m N-S; 10.2m E-W to edge of drain; H 0.35m). An opening (Wth 2m) faces SW toward the lake. No burnt stone or charcoal are visible on the surface of the mound and the sides of the drain are grass-covered. There is a possible fulacht fia (SL033-195002-) immediately to SE and a possible crannog (SL033-194----) in the immediate vicinity. (Bermingham 1996, 31) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of upload: 18 January 2008

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