Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Kiln - corn-drying
Ballybrowney Lower, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballybrowney Lower
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.06777, -8.30482
- SMR number
- CO044-073014-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
This corn-drying kiln (structure G) was excavated in advance of the construction of the N8 Rathcormac-Fermoy Bypass. The kiln (L 3.12m) comprised a conjoined circular (Wth 1.54m; D 0.29m) and rectangular pit (Wth 1.24m; D 0.1m). The basal fill in the circular pit consisted of 'intensely burnt clay with some charcoal' while the upper fill in both pits consisted of a black, charcoal-rich layer of silty sand. This kiln, which is of a 'dumb-bell' type, was located c. 10m to the SE of an enclosure (CO044-073003-) and c. 11m to the W of another enclosure (CO044-073001-). (Cotter 2006c)
The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009).
Date of upload: 22 December 2009
Nearby in the register
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- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.