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Kiln - corn-drying

Castleview (Barrymore By.), County Cork, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Kiln - corn-drying, Castleview, County Cork, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Castleview (Barrymore By.)
County
Cork
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
NULL
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
51.90373, -8.36329
SMR number
CO075-086----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1882 · Ireland (southern half). (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1883 · Ireland 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Excavated in 1999 in advance of the development of an industrial and retail complex on Little Island in Cork harbour. A linear stone-lined feature (L 4.2m; Wth 1.18m; D. c. 0.27m) which was uncovered during the excavation was interpreted by the excavator (McCarthy 2004a, 60) as a probable kiln flue. The feature was divided internally by a row of stones, aligned E-W. The base and sides of the feature showed evidence of intense burning and it was filled with silt, heat-shattered stones and long stems of burnt wood. Two pits were recorded in the base of the feature, one at the W end and the other 1.6m to the E. The W pit was rectangular in plan with straight sides and was filled with silt, heat-shattered stones and charcoal. The smaller E pit (0.3m E-W; 0.29m N-S; D 0.11m) was roughly circular in plan filled with sand, pebbles and small stones. A similar feature (CO075-085----), an early medieval possible corn-drying kiln (CO075-084----) and a Bronze Age fulacht fia (CO075-082----) were also excavated in the immediate vicinity. (McCarthy 2000, 25; 2004a, 51-66)

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

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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