Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Kiln
Gowran, County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Gowran
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.62862, -7.06564
- SMR number
- KK020-060030-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
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
In 1998 service trenches associated with the refurbishment of the chancel of the medieval parish church (KK020-060006-) of Gowran were cut by hand through the present graveyard (KK020-060024-). Archaeological investigations (98E0112) in the SW quadrant of the graveyard revealed the remains of a medieval kiln, possibly for drying grain, which pre-dated the present graveyard wall and presumably lay outside the medieval church precinct (Pollock 2000, 114 (entry 343)).
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 27 March 2021
References
Pollock, D. 2000 St Mary’s Church, Gowran: medieval church. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 1998: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 114. Bray. Wordwell.
Pollock, D. 1998 Report on the archaeological excavation of service trenches at St Mary’s Church, Gowran, Co. Kilkenny. Excavation licence no. 98E0112. Archaeografix. Unpublished report submitted to the National Monuments Service.
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