County: Dublin Site name: Lusk
Sites and Monuments Record No.: n/a Licence number: 21E0041
Author: Liam Coen c/o Archer Heritage
Site type: Testing, fulachtaí fia
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 722200m, N 754490m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.526145, -6.156944
13 test trenches were excavated in a site in two plots either side of the Rathmore road (Lusk by-pass). Two areas of archaeological interest were revealed. The first area to the west of the road comprised two features containing typical burnt mound material, i.e. heat-affected stone in a charcoal-rich soil. One was a deposit and the second, c. 1.5m to the west, may represent the fill of a shallow subsoil-cut feature or have simply accumulated in a natural hollow.
The second area to the east of the road comprised four deposits of burnt mound material and a pit, all filled with burnt mound material. Both areas represent the remains of a fulacht fia, a prehistoric site-type that used heated stone to produce hot/boiling water for one or a variety of domestic, industrial or ritual purposes.
Unit 8 Beat Centre, Balbriggan, Co. Dublin
