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Fulacht fia in Glashare

Fulacht fia
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Excavated in 2006 in advance of the M8/N8 Cullahill to Cashel Road Improvement Scheme (Excavation licence no. E2394, Area 2, Site B). A mound (20m x 12m; D 0.3m) composed of compact black sandy silt with frequent angular heat-shattered stones and charcoal. Beneath the centre of the mound was a subrectangular feature (L 3.7m; Wth 1.4m; D 0.25m) truncated at E and W by drains. Another fulacht fia (KK008-174----) lies c. 20m to the NE. (Moriarty 2008, 194, no. 790; Hardy and Green 2009; Hardy 2009, 262, no. 1026) Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 9 October 2013

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