What is recorded here

Fulacht fia in Cloongownagh is a fulacht fia in Cloongownagh, County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies the bottom of a south-facing slope near a rath and contains a U-shaped mound of broken, burnt stones with two distinct troughs. Carbon dating places the site between 240 and 410 AD, linking it to nearby prehistoric habitation and burnt spreads.

At the bottom of a S-facing slope and c. 45m SE of rath (RO011-160001-). Revealed in excavation (Henry 2000c; Lennon and Henry 2001, vol. 1, 43-6; Lennon 2002, 291). A U-shaped mound of broken and burnt stones (dims 3m E-W; 2.5m N-S; max. T 0.12m) had a hearth and trough (diam. 1m; D 0.4m) on the SW side, and a second trough (dims 1.5m x 1m; D 0.33m) was 1.8m NE of the mound. C14 dates produced a range of 240-410 AD. Prehistoric habitation (RO011-160003-) is just to the N, burnt spread (RO011-160005-) is c. 60m to the SE, and burnt spread (RO011-160006-) is c. 70m to t he E. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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