Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Kiln - tile
Gardens (kilkenny City By., St. Canice Par.), County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Gardens (kilkenny City By., St. Canice Par.)
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.65679, -7.25813
- SMR number
- KK019-026270-
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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
Fragments of medieval tile wasters were found in the NW of the graveyard (KK019-026171-) of St Canice's Cathedral and are likely indicators that there was a tile kiln at this location (Anon. 1866, 411-2; Graves 1875, 474-5).
Compiled by: Cóilín Ó Drisceoil
Date of upload: 16 November 2020
References
Graves, J. 1875 Deer antlers and offcuts found at the Episcopal Palace, Kilkenny, and St. Canice's Cathedral, and evidence for a tile kiln at St. Canice's. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 13 (part 2), 434-435.
Anon. 1864-6 Proceedings. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 8 (part 3), 405-24.
Nearby in the register
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- Buildingunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.