Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Kiln - corn-drying
Coolowen, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Coolowen
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.95531, -8.53432
- SMR number
- CO063-046005-
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
At S end of ringfort (CO063-046003-), in NE corner of church (CO063-046004-); heavily overgrown. Square structure (c. 2.6m N-S; c. 2.5m E-W; H c. 1.5m), open to S where passage (L 0.9m) leads into circular roofless chamber (0.65m N-S; 0.6m E-W; H 1.4m). Passage (Wth 0.6m; max. H 0.3m) roofed by lintels; walls of passage and chamber of drystone construction. Exact function unknown. Present condition of structure probably resulting from investigation in 1865 when Pitt-Rivers 'dug in a cavity at the top of asmall mound' (Twohig 1987, 44). (UCC)
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). 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
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.