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Fulacht fia in Rathpatrick (galmoy By.)

Fulacht fia

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Six fulachta fiadh emerged along a hidden stream bank when marshy ground was drained in 2018. They form a rough line beside water that once steamed with heat, suggesting people gathered there to cook, clean or transform raw materials. The flat landscape hides their purpose, but the repeated shape preserves the effort of hands moving stone and fire beside living water.
In flat, low-lying terrain on a slight rise of ground immediately NE of a stream, now covered, running NW-SE. Ground formerly very wet and marshy but reclaimed early summer 2018 when the field was drained and seeded with grass. This and five other fulachta fiadh (KK008-203----; KK008-204----; KK008-206----; KK008-207----; KK008-208----) were exposed during the reclamation work. They form a roughly linear alignment along the NE bank of the stream. Located 42m SE of KK008-204---- and 60m NW of KK008-206----. Ploughed out low mound (dims. 12m NW-SE; 9m NE-SW; H c. 0.1m), much darker than surrounding field with some fire-cracked stone on the surface. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 11 September 2018

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