Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Kiln - lime
Carriganes, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carriganes
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated (1937)
- Coordinates
- 52.20358, -9.24512
- SMR number
- CO021-073----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Roadside, overgrown late 19th-century lime kiln. Masonry walls encase earthen core. Front elevation (H c. 4m; Wth c. 5m) faces S; arched recess (H 1.95m; Wth 1.75m; D 1.65m), with sloping slabs at rear. Earthen ramp (L c. 28m) at rear, top of kiln overgrown.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
Nearby in the register
- Fulacht fia1 mi
- Kiln - lime1 mi
- Ringfort - rath1 mi
- Enclosure2 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.