County: Mayo Site name: BALLYFARNAGH
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 00E0052
Author: Paula King
Site type: Burnt spread
Period/Dating: Undetermined
ITM: E 536611m, N 782200m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.785515, -8.961890
Testing was undertaken on the route of the KnockâClaremorris Bypass at the location of a possible fulacht fiadh. The test area measured 130m by 90m. A mechanical digger was used to strip the area of topsoil.
An isolated deposit of burnt material was identified. The burning consisted of a semicircular area of charcoal (1.8m by 0.4m by 0.05m thick) that was cut by a furrow. There were no archaeological finds or other associated features.
There was no trace of a fulacht fiadh in this area.
Rathbawn Road, Castlebar, Co. Mayo
