What is recorded here

Knockognoe holds a levelled fulacht fia where burnt shattered red stone still marks the ground. The mound measured eleven by six point eight metres before ploughs erased its shape in the 1980s. Someone may have stood at the northeast opening, watching steam rise from heated water while neighbours gathered beside the heat.

Levelled fulacht fia described in 1985 by the 'Castleisland District Archaeological Survey' as the 'site of a levelled fulacht fiadh (dims. 11m NE-SW x 6.8m NW-SE), the burnt soil and the burnt shattered red stone can be easily seen'. The mound was levelled in the 1980s and, according to the Castleisland Survey, 'the landowner said he thought the mound had been horse-shoe shaped with the opening facing the northeast' (SMR file). Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 27 April 2022

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