Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Furnace
Lughil, County Kildare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lughil
- County
- Kildare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.11794, -7.04549
- SMR number
- KD026-028----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
In 2003, prior to construction of the M7 Heath-Mayfield Motorway, three possible bowl furnaces, with associated post-holes and hearths were archaeologically excavated (Channing 2003. Excavation Licence No. 03E0602)
Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy
Date of upload: 14 January 2013
References
Channing, J. 2006 Site L, Area J, Lughil. In I. Bennett (ed.) Excavations 2003: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 249 (No. 949). Bray. Wordwell.
Nearby in the register
- Habitation siteunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Habitation siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.