Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Kiln - lime
Westown, County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Westown
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.58379, -6.31013
- SMR number
- DU004-107----
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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid 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)
- 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1811 · Ireland. (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
Site of lime-kiln located immediately E of the Delvin River which forms the county boundary with Meath and 60m SW of the 'Ford of Fine'. Lime-kiln depicted on the 1837 ed. OSi six-inch map where it is shown to the N of a small oval-shaped quarry (DU004-106----) and W of the public road cross the Delvin River at the Ford of Fine. Visible as an area of scrubland on the 2013-18 MapGenie orthoimage.
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.