burnt mound Archives - AMS Consultants https://ams-consultancy.com/tag/burnt-mound/ Archeological Management Solutions Ireland & UK Wed, 07 Feb 2024 16:38:43 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 Fulachtaí Fia at Listowel https://ams-consultancy.com/fullachtai-fia-at-listowel/ Thu, 12 Mar 2020 16:33:46 +0000 https://ams-consultancy.com/?p=1471 Five burnt mounds, also referred to as fulachtaí fia, were discovered along the route of the bypass. Burnt mounds are the most common prehistoric site type in Ireland.

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Fulachtaí fia ‘Bronze Age cooking sites’ at Listowel


Five burnt mounds, or fulachtaí fia, were discovered in Coolnaleen Lower and Garryantanvally townlands.

Burnt mounds are the most common prehistoric site type in Ireland and mostly date to the Bronze Age (2500–500 BC). They consist of mounds of heat-shattered stone and charcoal-enriched soil, usually located in low-lying, marshy areas close to a stream or spring. Troughs (for heating water), as well as hearths, stakehole alignments and pits, are often found next to or beneath the mounds. They are generally thought to have been cooking places but may also have served other functions.

Multiple purposes are certainly indicated at Coolnaleen Lower 1. Joints of meat could have been cooked in the three wood-lined troughs uncovered here, while the discovery of a wood-and-stone bench, built into the side of a 4m wide pit, suggests the site may also have been used for communal bathing, or perhaps as a sauna.

A small number of stone artefacts, including a shale axehead, were also found at this site.

Examining a wood-lined pit
Reconstruction image by John Hodgson.
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The Archaeology of the Listowel Bypass

Download a poster showcasing some of the archaeological finds from excavations along the N69 Bypass. Alternatively, you can read through a StoryMap of the dig.

Video Documentaries

As part of cataloguing the archaeological works on the N69 Listowel Bypass Project, a set of mini-documentaries were created. Each of these lasts just over 10 minutes.
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Fulachtaí Fia at Listowel

Five burnt mounds, also referred to as fulachtaí fia, were discovered along the route of the bypass. Burnt mounds are the most common prehistoric site type in Ireland.
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Making Medieval Charcoal

At Coolnaleen Lower we found several charcoal-production kilns. Charcoal was an important fuel for metalworking in the past.
Dr. Karen Molloy and her team from NUIGAMS

Palaeo-environmental Coring

As part of the archaeological investigations for the N69, palaeoenvironmental specialists Carlos Chique and Karen Molloy from NUIG took a pollen core from Derra West Bog.
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From the Bog

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In the townland of Gortcurreen, a group of worked timbers and the remains of a stave-built wooden vessel were discovered within the peat.

An Old House at Curraghatoosane

At Curraghatoosane we found the remains of a traditional thatched house that was occupied from the early nineteenth century until the 1950s.
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]]> Fulachtaí Fia (Burnt Mounds) https://ams-consultancy.com/fulachtai-fiadh-burnt-mounds/ Wed, 11 Mar 2020 15:49:10 +0000 https://ams-consultancy.com/?p=1371 Burnt mounds, or fullachtaí fia, are one of the commonest types of sites found by archaeologists working on projects in Ireland.

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Fulachtaí Fia (Burnt Mounds)


Reconstruction image by John Hodgson.

Burnt mounds, or fulachtaí fia, are one of the most common types of sites found by archaeologists working on projects in Ireland. Rocks were heated on a fire and then placed into pits or troughs full of water. The hot stones heated the water in the troughs which was then used for cooking or washing. Mounds of waste stone mixed with charcoal formed around the trough with repeated use over time. These sites mostly date to the Bronze Age.

Archaeologists working on the N5 Ballaghaderreen to Scramoge Road Project have found lots of these. This picture is of a burnt mound in Tullyloyd townland and is of a very big burnt mound that people must have returned to many times, perhaps for big feasts or communal saunas.

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Video Documentary Series

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Mini-documentaries on the N5 Ballaghaderreen to Scramoge Road Project. Each video lasts around 5 minutes and describes various stages of the excavations and fieldwork.
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Forestry Excavation

As part of the N5 Road Project in Co Roscommon, AMS were required to test 78ha of felled forestry. Once the trees were felled and removed, the stumps were extracted by a specialist stump harvester.
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Palaeobotany near Ballaghcullia

Palaeobotanists study the plants that grew in the past. Palaeobotanists from National University of Ireland Galway (NUIG) visited Roscommon last summer and took a core from a bog near Ballaghcullia.
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Neolithic Axe

Archaeologists working at Shankill found a Neolithic stone axehead that is over 5,000 years old and was made from a very specific type of stone called Langdale tuff.

Metal Working at Shankill

At Shankill, a site reputably founded by St Patrick, archaeologists have uncovered traces of early medieval agriculture, burial and a forge.
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Fulachtaí Fia (Burnt Mounds)

Burnt mounds, or fullachtaí fia, are one of the commonest types of sites found by archaeologists working on projects in Ireland.
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Medieval Coin at Gortnacrannagh

Gortnacranagh is a medieval site. These coins date from the era of Edward I or II. This coin is a silver penny.
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Souterrains

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Souterrains are underground, stone-lined passages dating from the early medieval period. At Killeen East we found a number of souterrains inside a rath (ringfort).
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