County: Kerry Site name: COOLGARRIFF
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 01E0083
Author: Jacinta Kiely, Eachtra Archaeological Projects
Site type: Fulacht fia and Road - road/trackway
Period/Dating: Prehistoric (12700 BC-AD 400)
ITM: E 495897m, N 593085m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.079899, -9.518834
During the course of monitoring, to comply with the planning condition for a housing development, this previously unknown fulacht fiadh was uncovered and excavated. The mound was composed of six burnt spreads and included fragments of sandstone and charcoal. It measured c. 8m north–south by 8m and was on average 0.4m deep. There was an oval trough, which had been recut, on the eastern side of the mound. A number of large stones, possibly serving as a kerb, were found partially covered by the mound. A stone trackway measuring 2.6m by 1.9m was recorded to the north of the latter. This is the first known trackway recorded in association with a fulacht fiadh in County Kerry.
Clover Hill, Mallow, Co. Cork
