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Burnt mound / fulacht fiadh is a prehistoric cooking site located in Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. These monuments, known in Irish as fulachtaí fia, date primarily to the Bronze Age and represent evidence of ancient food preparation practices, particularly the boiling of water and cooking of meat using heated stones. The site consists of a mound of burnt and fire-cracked stone accumulated from repeated use of hot rocks dropped into water-filled pits or troughs. Such monuments are widespread across Ireland and provide valuable archaeological insight into Bronze Age subsistence and settlement patterns in the region.
Burnt mound / fulacht fiadh is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 9577. View the official record →
Burnt mound / fulacht fiadh is a prehistoric cooking site located in Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 9577.
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 9577.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Eagles' knoll cairn, giant's grave. passage tomb (5.5 km), Ring cairn (5.5 km), Rath (5.7 km).
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