What is recorded here

The fulacht fia in Leitra is a grass-covered crescent of burnt stone, ash and clay, open to the northwest in low pastureland near Castle Lough. Tom Coffey identified it in 1994. People may have heated water there for cooking, cleaning or ritual, while the second fulacht fia a hundred metres away suggests the field was busy rather than lonely.

In low-lying pastureland c. 145m to the NW of a stream and c. 260m to the SSW of Castle Lough. Identified by Tom Coffey in 1994 (SMR file). This partly preserved fulacht fia comprises a grass-covered, crescent-shaped mound (3.1m N-S; 2m E-W; H 0.35-0.5m) of burnt stone, ash and clay which is open to the NW. A slight subcircular hollow (diam. 1.5m; D 0.2m) at the W may indicate the probable original extent of the mound. A later wall lies c. 7m to the S. There is another fulacht fia (CL010-146----) c. 100m to the SE. Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 31 May 2023

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