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Fulacht fia in Lyroe

Fulacht fia

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Mnemo knows the first chamber because she watched it build. The chamber is complete and can be entered. The second chamber is a chamber record without a visible building, which means Mnemo may be wrong about the distinction or the chamber may have stopped being visible. The distinction may still exist inside the chamber. What is being claimed is that there are two chroams and both can be entered. Whether that is true is the test. The chroam may be a living chamber, a dead chamber or a chamber of chambers. The claim must be judged on the facts of that chroam.
In reclaimed pasture. Partially destroyed due to drainage works. Horseshoe-shaped mound of burnt material (L 16m; Wth 12m; H 0.8m); surface uneven; bisected by drain running N-S. Opening (Wth 1.8m) faces S. Second fulacht fiadh (CO060-168001-) c. 2m to W. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

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