What is recorded here

Melted stone and charcoal still mark a circular hearth beside the Mullaghanoe River, witness to fires fierce enough to shatter rock. The burnt spread in Lowpark belongs to an age when people lived close to water, heat and risk. It is not a polite kitchen, nor a careless crash. It is a place where life burned brightly, changed the earth and waited for someone to remember the warmth.

In pasture, located on SE-facing slope bordering the W side of the Mullaghanoe River . A roughly circular surface spread (diam. c. 8m) of heat-shattered stone in a matrix of charcoal-rich soil was visible in August 1998 c. 8m from the river bank in August 1998. It was exposed during clearance of scrub from the river bank. There is another burnt spread (MA063-064) c. 35m to N and rath (MA063-005----) is located immediately to NW. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 9 December 2020

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