Fulacht fiadh

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title: Fulacht fiadh
text: Fulacht fiadh is the name given to one of many burned mounds, dating from the Bronze Age, found in Ireland. Most surviving examples consist of a low horseshoe-shaped mound of charcoal-enriched soil, and heat-shattered stone, with a cooking pit located in a slight depression at its centre. In ploughed fields, they are apparent as black spreads of earth interspersed with small sharp stones. There are multiple examples of fulacht fiadh Ireland. The majority were constructed during the mid to late B
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description: Burned mound from the Bronze Age in Ireland
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