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Kiln - lime

Redcow, County Dublin, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Kiln - lime, Redcow, County Dublin, 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
Redcow
County
Dublin
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.32005, -6.36500
SMR number
DU017-121----

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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)
  • 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

Limekiln depicted in the centre of a cluster of quarries on the 1837 ed. OSi six-inch map. Not indicated on the last edition of the OSi six-inch map. Annotated ‘L.K.’ on the 1863 edition of the Ordnance Survey 25-inch map where it is depicted as a square-shaped structure in the centre of a disused quarry area.  No surface remains visible on the 2013-18 MapGenie orthoimage, boundary of scrap yard in area where limekiln is depicted on the OS 25-inch map.

 

Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien

 

Date of Compilation: 26 November 2025

Nearby in the register

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

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