County: Tipperary Site name: DERRYVILLE
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 02E1253
Author: Richard Crumlish
Site type: Fulacht fia
Period/Dating: Prehistoric (12700 BC-AD 400)
ITM: E 620800m, N 668557m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.767660, -7.691781
The rescue excavation of a fulacht fiadh was carried out between 12 August and 4 October 2002. The feature was uncovered during monitoring of topsoil-stripping under licence 02E0945 (No. 1720, Excavations 2002).
It was at the edge of a west-facing slope, adjacent to an area of peat. It did not have a definite shape, probably owing to the disturbance caused by the bulldozer while stripping the topsoil. It measured 20m by 14m.
Two pits and a rock-cut trough were uncovered during the excavation. Post-excavation work is continuing.
61 An Cladrach, Castlebar Road, Ballinrobe, Co. Mayo
