Burnt mound in Lissooleen

'A substantial amount of burnt stone and red burnt and scorched clay lies in the shallows of the river. Some of the clay lumps have been baked hard, almost into a pottery-like texture, and therefore must have been exposed to intense heat. This would therefore seem to represent the remains of a fulacht fiadh which has been bulldozed into the river at this point, probably at the same time as the above mound was created, during the same field clearing exercise.' Compiled by Michael Connolly for the Archaeological Survey of Ireland as part of a survey of the Lee Valley area in 1996-97. Date of upload: 27 April 2012

Burnt mound in Lissooleen is a Neolithic ritual or industrial site, dating to approximately 4000–2500 BCE. It is significant as evidence of early human activity involving heat, possibly for cooking, water heating, or ceremonial purposes.