Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Kiln - corn-drying
Castletown, County Kildare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Castletown
- County
- Kildare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.35898, -6.53339
- SMR number
- KD011-042001-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1799 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Found during archaeological monitoring of topsoil-stripping on the Celbridge Interchange in 2001. Subsequent excavation (Licence no. 01E0669) uncovered a stone-built kiln feature (KD011-042001-) set into one of the ditches of an enclosure (KD011-042002-) which also contained a ringditch (KD011-042----). Soil samples from the interior yielded grain, suggesting that this was a corn-drying kiln. This is also supported by the discovery of part of a quernstone in the kiln structure. A large pit nearby containing burnt material and an iron knife blade may also be contemporary. An Early Christian date is being suggested for this phase of activity. (www.excavations.ie)
Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy
Date of upload: 10 June 2011
Nearby in the register
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Metalworking siteunder 1 mi
- Kiln - corn-dryingunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.