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Kiln - lime

Brockagh (Crovehy ED), County Donegal, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Kiln - lime, Brockagh, County Donegal, 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
Brockagh (Crovehy ED)
County
Donegal
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
54.94933, -8.24234
SMR number
DG050-001----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1881 map "Ireland to Illustrate the Military Condition of the Country." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1881 · Ireland to Illustrate the Military Condition of the Country. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1900 · Ireland (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1904 · Sheet 1. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

On a steep WSW-facing slope in rough mountainous terrain. Not marked on any edition of the OS six-inch map. Approximately rectangular structure (max. dim. c.3m; max. H 1.2m) defined by a drystone-built wall. The NNE side is built into the slope of the hillside. The bowl (diam. 1.4m; max. H 0.2m-0.45m) has been infilled. The raking/stoking hole (H 0.93m; Wth. 0.58m) is centrally located in the WSW wall. This is a post-1700 monument.

Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan

Date of upload: 28 June 2012

Nearby in the register

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

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