2020:255 - BALLYMORISHEEN, Grenagh, Cork

Test trenching was carried out on a 10ha site as part of an impact assessment for a soil recovery site. The land consisted of one large field of semi-improved pasture, gently sloping to the east and close to the Lyrdane River. A single fulacht fiadh had been previously recorded in the field (CO051-083).

15 test trenches, 2m wide, were excavated amounting to over 3km in total length. The stratigraphy consisted of between 0.4m and 0.1m of a mid-grey/brown topsoil overlying a light grey marl which had been much disturbed by reclamation, drainage and ploughing. An unrecorded fulacht fiadh was found on the higher ground along the south-west boundary and close to a public road. It measured c.0.1m in height, 15.5m east-west by 11.5m. This circular mound of burnt stone and charcoal-rich soil had its center at ITM 556039 584446 and was c.50m to the south-west of the other recorded monument.