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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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. C. Kon: Ireland. a. Prov: Leinster. Counties: 1-12 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (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.