What is recorded here

Gleninagh North holds a lost fulacht fia on a narrow terrace where heat once transformed water into life. The stones vanished before modern eyes, leaving only memory and a gothic well-house nearby to mark the continued value of clean water. People may have gathered there to cook, cleanse or celebrate, while the steep rock watched quietly above.

On a small, narrow relatively level area with thin soil cover at the N foot of a moderately steep N facing rock strewn terrace. Listed as ‘Fulacht fia’ in the SMR (1992) and the RMP (1996). An OS 6-inch map set annotated by T. Coffey reads ‘Small amount of burnt stone. Site of destroyed fulacht fia’ at this location (SMR file). On inspection in 1997 there were no visible remains. A 19th-century gothic well-house (CL002-010001-) surrounds a natural spring c. 20m to the N. Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Ros Ó Maoldúin Date of upload: 2 December 2020

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