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This fulacht fia was discovered during archaeological monitoring in advance of the construction of the N22 Ballincollig Bypass and was excavated in 2002. It consisted of a rectangular trough (2.7m x 1.4m; D 0.32m) filled with heat-shattered stones and charcoal-enriched soil. It was partially cut at SE by an oval pit (0.85m x 0.6m; D 0.52m) also filled with heat-shattered stones and charcoal-enriched soil. Both the trough and the pit were also cut by a single N-S field drain (Wth 0.45m; D 1.1m). This is one of a group of six fulachtaí fia and burnt mounds (CO073-137----, CO073-139----, CO073-140----, CO073-141----, CO073-142----) which were excavated here, the closest of which are a possible fulacht fia (CO073-139----) and a possible burnt mound (CO073-140----) which lie c. 20m to the N and NE, respectively. (Russell 2004c, 78, site 9; 2004d, 17-18)
The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009).
Date of upload: 22 December 2009
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