Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Kiln - lime
Coologes, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Coologes
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.93173, -9.44056
- SMR number
- KE085-046----
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
A mid/late 19th-century roadside limekiln incorporated into a modern field boundary. The kiln is roughly circular in plan with a random rubble façade and a low revetment to the sides and rear. The front elevation (H 2.4m; wth 2.5m) faces W. It has a lintelled recess (H 1.85m; Wth 1.25m; D 1.6m) with sloping slabs at rear and ope (H 0.35m; Wth 0.5m) at base. The rear of the kiln is c. 0.5m above the level of the field. There is a central funnel (diam. 1.9m at top).
Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork.
Date of upload: 30 May 2011
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ogham stoneunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.