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In poorly drained grassland, 110m south of a church (OF022-012001-) and graveyard (OF022-012004-), with levelled fulacht fia (OF022-012006-) c. 50m to W. A well preserved horseshoe-shaped mound (7.1m NW-SE; 9.3m NE-SE; H 0.3m) of burnt material, with the opening (2m NE-SW; 2.7m NW-SE) facing SE.
A rescue excavation was carried out on the site of this fulacht fiadh in 2013 by David Sweetman under license No. 13E0119, when the field where the site was located was used as a landfill site for dumping of soil associated with groundworks on the adjacent public road carried out by Offaly Co. Co. The mound of burnt stone was relocated underneath the dumped soil. The site was recorded and photographed by the excavator and was then covered over with protective material but was not fully excavated. No evidence of any trough was found in association with the burnt stone material.
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of revision: 27 November 2014
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