Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Kiln - corn-drying
Ogúil, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ogúil
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.36376, -9.34154
- SMR number
- GA067-034----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1753 "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
In hilly peatland in an area scattered with large natural boulders. Roughly oval in plan, this corn-drying kiln is defined by drystone walls (av. D 1m) and a circular bowl (diam. 2.8m; wall Wth 0.6-0.7m). The flue (L 1.1m; D 0.5m) is at the W end. The kiln was purposely hidden within a large group of boulders and it is not obvious in the landscape. It was concealed because it was associated with the illicit production of poteen and it probably dates from the late 19th to the early 20th century (McCarthy 1916, 13-16). A similar kiln (GA067-035----) lies c. 640m to the SE.
Compiled by: Olive Alcock
Date of upload: 17 October 2016
References
McCarthy, D. 2016 A clandestine use for kilns in the Connemara landscape. Archaeology Ireland 30 (2), 13-16.
Nearby in the register
- Sheepfoldunder 1 mi
- Kiln - corn-dryingunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Sheepfoldunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.