Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Kiln - lime
Cooldrinagh, County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cooldrinagh
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.35448, -6.47512
- SMR number
- DU017-117----
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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)
- 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. C. Kon: Ireland. a. Prov: Leinster. Counties: 1-12 (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
Annotated ‘L.K.’ on the 1863 edition of the OS 25-inch map where a rectangular-shaped kiln is depicted standing immediately to the south of a quarry. Limekiln not depicted on the 1837 edition of the Ordnance Survey six-inch map. Kiln visible on the 2013-18 MapGenie orthoimage where it is now located in a green area of landscaping associated with modern housing estate.
19th-century limekiln described by the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage (NIAH) as a; ‘Detached lime kiln, c.1820, on a square plan, now partially incorporated into the modern house to rere. Opening at base comprises sequence of four recessed arches with dressed voussoir blocks, set into squared limestone rubble construction. Limestone paved area to front of opening’ (NIAH Reg. No. 11204003).
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of Compilation: 26 November 2025
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Kiln - limeunder 1 mi
- Kiln - limeunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.