Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Kiln - lime
Farranlaheshery West, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Farranlaheshery West
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated (1934)
- Coordinates
- 52.17553, -8.35334
- SMR number
- CO027-183----
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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 lime kiln. Random-rubble limestone walls encase earthen core. Front elevation (H c. 5m; Wth 9.2m) faces NW; brick-arched recess (H 2.2m; Wth 2.2m; D 2.55m), rear braced with iron bars. Top of kiln overgrown, ramp appears to be removed. Probably associated with construction of tall single arched railway bridge to NE, part of Fermoy - Mitchelstown line built 1891, closed 1953 (Rowledge, 1995, 91).
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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Country houseunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.