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Burnt Mound at H213304 is a prehistoric burnt mound, locally known as a fulacht fiadh. Located in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, the monument sits above bedrock of the Tyrone Group, a geological formation laid down during the Visean period and comprising limestone, mudstone, sandstone and siltstone interspersed with chert, coal and conglomerate. These underlying stones would have been readily available to the monument's prehistoric builders.
Burnt mounds of this type typically date to the Bronze Age and consist of blackened, heat-fractured stone accumulated around shallow water-filled pits. They represent the debris from ancient cooking practices, where heated stones were dropped into water to boil it for cooking meat or rendering fat. The repeated process of heating and quenching created the characteristic mound of darkened rubble visible on the landscape today.
The site is protected as a scheduled monument by the Historic Environment Division under reference 9573. Amongst the valleys and river systems of Fermanagh, such monuments provide evidence of seasonal hunting and food preparation by Bronze Age communities who exploited the local environment. The survival of this burnt mound contributes to understanding prehistoric settlement and subsistence patterns in this region of Ulster.
Burnt mound / fulacht fiadh is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 9573. View the official record →
Burnt Mound at H213304 is a prehistoric burnt mound, locally known as a fulacht fiadh. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 9573.
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 9573.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Church, graveyard & enclosure (3.1 km), Rectangular enclosure (3.2 km), Fortification(site of) & 18th century formal garden (5.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Burnt mound / fulacht fiadh's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Burnt mound / fulacht fiadh stands on Tyrone Group, bedrock that formed in the Visean. The rock here is limestone, mudstone, sandstone and siltstone, with subordinate chert, coal and conglomerate.