Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Kiln - lime
Readrinagh, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Readrinagh
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.06592, -9.31219
- SMR number
- KE068-123----
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 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
On the N side of a minor road. The random rubble front wall faces E and has a partly collapsed central recess (Wth 1.95m). There is a horizontal ledge across the front wall c. 2m above ground level. There is a truncated earthen ramp at the rear. The N side is revetted with stone, the S side is incorporated into a field boundary. There is a stone-lined funnel (diam. 1.8m). The limekiln is overgrown and is partly obscured by dumped material.
Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork.
Date of upload: 31 January 2011
Nearby in the register
- Bridgeunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
- Stepping stonesunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.