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Kiln

Milltown (Ida By., Dunkitt ED), County Kilkenny, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Kiln, Milltown, 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
Milltown (Ida By., Dunkitt ED)
County
Kilkenny
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.30726, -7.14193
SMR number
KK043-095----

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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)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1904 · Sheet 14, 1904 (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
  • 1911 · Sheet 14, 1911 (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)

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The National Monuments Service's description

On an E-facing slope in pasture. Excavated in 2006 in advance of the N9/N10 Waterford to Kilcullen Road Improvement Scheme (Excavation licence no. E2498). A kiln with a roughly oval or trapezoidal plan (L 2.6m NW-SE; Wth 1.9m at the fire spot, 0.8m below the drying chamber). A sample of hulled barley was radiocarbon dated to AD 430-650 (Poz-26964). A burnt mound (KK043-094----) lay 9m to the NW. (Wren 2009, 259, no. 1017; 2010)

Compiled by: Mary Tunney

Date of upload: 7 October 2013

References

Wren, J. 2010 N9/N10 Kilcullen to Waterford Scheme: Waterford to Knocktopher – Phase 2. Archaeological Resolution. Dunkitt to Knocktopher, Co. Kilkenny. Final report. Scheme Reference Number: A032/000 Excavation Reference Number: E2498 Site Name: AR1-2, Townland: Milltown Co Kilkenny. Unpublished excavation report submitted to the National Monuments Service, Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Dublin.

Wren, J. 2009 Dunkitt/Milltown. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2006: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 259, no. 1017. Bray. 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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