Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Furnace
Moneycooly, County Kildare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Moneycooly
- County
- Kildare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.36780, -6.57956
- SMR number
- KD011-061----
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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
In 2004, in advance of the construction of a large housing estate, archaeological test trenching (Duffy C. Excavation Licence No. 04E0644) followed by monitoring of topsoil-stripping over the entire site resulted in the discovery and excavation of two bowl furnaces (KD011-061----) and, c. 100m to the WNW, a small burial ground (KD010-040----). Two adjacent bowl furnaces, with diameters of 0.66m and 0.9m and depths of 0.37m and 0.45m respectively, contained metal slag and charcoal. Nearby was a hearth, comprising a charcoal-rich deposit, 0.7m by 0.52m and 0.05m thick, over oxidised subsoil.
Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy
Date of upload: 11 January 2013
References
Duffy C. 2005 Preliminary Report on Archaeological Excavations at Moneycooly, Maynooth, Co. Kildare. Excavation licence No: 04E0644)
Nearby in the register
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
- Field systemunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Designed landscape - follyunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.