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
- 53.35941, -9.33532
- SMR number
- GA067-035----
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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. Only the remains of the curving S end of the bowl (0.65 x 1.2m) of this corn-drying kiln survive. They were noted at the base of a field wall. The boulders used in the construction of the wall (H 1.3m; L 1.2m) were markedly larger than those used for the kiln. This kiln was purposely concealed in the landscape as it was associated with the illicit production of poteen. It probably dates from the late 19th to the early 20th century (McCarthy 1916, 13-16). A similar kiln (GA067-034----) lies c. 640m to the NW.
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
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Sheepfoldunder 1 mi
- Kiln - corn-dryingunder 1 mi
- Sheepfoldunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.