County: Dublin Site name: BALLYNAKELLY AND COMMONS LITTLE
Sites and Monuments Record No.: DU021-095---- Licence number: 03E0369
Author: Red Tobin, Margaret Gowen & Co. Ltd.
Site type: Fulacht fia
Period/Dating: Undetermined
ITM: E 700482m, N 728482m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.297097, -6.492648
Excavations took place on a small burnt-mound site over two days in March 2003. The feature was originally identified through geophysical analysis in 2001 (Excavations 2001, No. 346, 01E1068). The area of the excavation was 4m by 4m and revealed five archaeological features. The site had suffered slight impact in the past, which explains why the majority of these features relate to the burnt-mound firing material. A narrow trough was revealed 1.2m in length and approximately 0.8m in width. The limited amount of firing material suggested that this fulacht fiadh functioned over a relatively short period of time, with its trough gradually silting up through lack of use. No artefacts were recovered.
2 Killiney View, Albert Road Lower, Glenageary, Co. Dublin
