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Kiln

Glashare, County Kilkenny, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Kiln, Glashare, County Kilkenny, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Glashare
County
Kilkenny
Country
Ireland
Coordinates
52.79072, -7.52068
SMR number
KK008-175----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (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

Test-trenching was carried out as part of an assessment along a stretch of c. 40km of the proposed N8 road improvement scheme from Cullahill, Co. Laois, to Cashel, Co. Tipperary. Located to the N of Glashare Stream. A circular pit (diam. 0.85m; D 0.06m) with two protruding linear offshoots (both L 1m; Wth 0.3m), one running SW, the other SE. The pit was filled by grey/black charcoal-rich silty clay. A small box-section revealed that the pit was only 0.06m in depth. The offshoots were filled with grey/black silty clay that contained frequent charcoal flecks. The sides of the two offshoots were fire-reddened, suggesting in situ burning. The plan and form of this feature suggests that it is a kiln. (Moriarty 2008, 294)

Compiled by: Jean Farrelly

Date of upload: 25 January 2018

References

Moriarty, C. 2008 Glashare: pit. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2005: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 194, no. 790. Dublin. Wordwell.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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