Kiln - corn-drying

The National Monuments Service's description

On a gentle S-facing slope overlooking the King River valley. Excavated in 2007 in advance of the N9/N10 Kilcullen to Waterford road improvement scheme (Licence no. E3576). A total of 9 cereal-drying kiln, six of which were keyhole shaped. Two of the kilns displayed evidence for multiple uses. Kiln 1 had three phases of activity and was associated with a circular post-hole. Kiln 2 also had an associated post-hole and contained a possible hone stone and a worked flint flake. Three of the kilns were radiocarbon dated and all produced early medieval dates ranging from AD615 to 806 (UBA 12182-4). (Kyle 2010, 250, no. 949; Kyle and Coughlan 2011)

Compiled by: Mary Tunney

Date of upload: 11 December 2013

References

Kyle, J. and Coughlan, T. 2011 N9/N10 Kilcullen to Waterford Scheme: Phase 4 - Knocktopher to Powerstown. Ministerial Direction: A032. Site name: AR073, Kellsgrange 3. Registration No. E3576. Final report. Unpublished report submitted to the National Monuments Service, Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Dublin.

Kyle, J. 2010 AR073, Kellsgrange. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2007: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 250, no. 949. Bray. Wordwell.