Fulacht fia in Barryscourt — Report the wrong picture

What is recorded here

Barryscourt fulacht fia is a burnt stone basin beside a Cork stream, preserved under national law since 1974. People may have heated water there for cooking, cleaning or ritual before the castle wall closed around the land. The stones still hold heat in memory, even if no one lives beside them now.

In pasture, on W side of stream and out side NE ocorner of bawn wall of Barryscourt castle (CO075-018001-). Spread of burnt material noted during monitoring of excavation of sewage trench; further investigation not possible (Lennon 1989, 11). Burnt material covers area measuring c. 16m N-S and c. 12m E-W and is incorporated into field fence running N from corner of bawn wall. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009 This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 4/1974).

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