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Encyclopedia > Fulacht fiadh

Fulacht Fia


Most probably used in Celtic Ireland as outdoor cooking areas, a fulacht fia (plural: fulachta fia) consists of a large wood lined pit - approximately a metre wide by 2 metres long and maybe half a metre or more in depth. It is postulated that these pits were filled with water and heated stones thrown in to create a large pit of boiling water for cooking in. This is because when excavated, fulachta fia are found with associated charred and scorched rocks. Books on Irish archaeology should inform you more about this feature.


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Excavations.ie. Searchable database of Irish excavation reports. (374 words)
The fulacht fiadh was in an area of flat, low-lying land.
A circular pit, with a maximum diameter of 1.1m east–west and a maximum depth of 0.24m, was situated immediately to the west of the fulacht fiadh.
The fulacht fiadh contained two troughs, both of which were filled with burnt stone with a high concentration of charcoal.
FULACHTA FIADH (243 words)
Fulacht fiadh bezeichnet im Irischen wörtlich eine Kochstelle des Wildes, in England werden vergleichbare Anlagen burnt mounds, in Schweden Skavstenhogar, in Dänemark Kogensrose und in Norwegen Koksteinroyser betitelt.
Gewöhnlich besteht ein fulacht fiadh aus einem rechteckigen, in die Erde eingelassenen Wassertrog, der mit Steinplatten oder Holz verkleidet ist.
Darunter fallen die Thesen, fulachta fiadh hätten als Kochstellen oder als Bad/Sauna beziehungsweise der Textilverarbeitung gedient.
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