Fulacht fia in Moyne Middle

Identified in centre-line testing (E4110) in advance of the M11 Gorey to Enniscorthy road scheme and set aside for resolution as Moyne Middle 3 (Hardy et al. 2010, 116-17). It is situated at the bottom of a NW-facing slope with the headwaters of a small canalised NE-SW stream immediately to the N. It was partially excavated (E4215) by Y. Whitty when a rectangular trough (dims 2.28m NW-SE; 1.8m NE-SW; D 0.6m) with timbers on its flat base was recorded close to another trough (dims 1.6m plus x 1.3m plus; D 0.8m) immediately to its N at the edge of the excavation. There was a small pit (dims 0.62m x 0.6m; D 0.2m) nearby. A third, irregularly-shaped trough (dims 2.18m x 1.2m; D 0.53m) with timbers was 16m SW of the other two. All these features were beneath a burnt stone mound (dims 14m E-W; 9m plus N-S; max. T 0.4m) with smaller satellite deposits in the area. Three other pits (dims 1.9m x 1.62m; D 0.44m: 1.3m x 1.2m; D 0.4m: 0.85m x 0.68m; D0.18m) were outside the mound and produced most of the lithic artefacts recovered from secure contexts. Fulacht fia (WX020-092----) is c. 65m to the SW. (Hardy 2012; Whitty 2013) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 28 November, 2013