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Burnt mound (fulacht fiadh) is a prehistoric cooking site situated in the townland of Omagh, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. The monument, designated as HED NI NISMR MonID 14403, dates to the Bronze Age and represents one of the characteristic burnt mound sites found across Ireland and Britain, which functioned as communal cooking places where hot stones were used to heat water in wooden troughs for food preparation. The site comprises accumulated burnt stone debris characteristic of fulachtaí fia, evidence of repeated episodes of fire-heating and quenching of rocks used in this cooking process. Such monuments are typically dated to the Bronze Age and represent important archaeological evidence for prehistoric subsistence and social practices in early Irish communities.
Burnt mound / fulacht fiadh is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 14403. View the official record →
Burnt mound (fulacht fiadh) is a prehistoric cooking site situated in the townland of Omagh, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 14403.
Burnt mound / fulacht fiadh dates from the prehistoric period, and is classified as a burnt mound. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Burnt mound / fulacht fiadh is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Ni. The official designation reference is 14403.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Dermot & grania's bed. wedge tomb (7.7 km), Carnanbane. court tomb (8 km), Court tomb & sweat house (8.1 km).
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