Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Kiln - corn-drying
Jordanstown (Balrothery East By.), County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Jordanstown (Balrothery East By.)
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 53.54596, -6.20486
- SMR number
- DU008-091----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1799 map "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1841 · 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
Excavated in advance of the gas pipeline to the west (Licence no. 02E0684), this was a cluster of five kilns (average 2m diam.) These figure-of-eight to keyhole-shaped kilns appear to have been deliberately backfilled after use (Tobin 2007, 221).
Compiled by: Christine Baker
Date of upload: 4 February 2015
References
Tobin, R. 2007 Jordanstown. In Grogan et al. (eds), 2007 The Bronze Age landscapes of the pipeline to the west, 221-25. Wordwell Ltd. Bray.
Nearby in the register
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.