Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Kiln
Milltown (ida By., Dunkitt Ed), County Kilkenny, Ireland
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 LibrariesUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
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
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 Unpublished excavation report submitted to the National Monuments Service, Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Dublin.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
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
- Metalworking siteunder 1 mi
- Metalworking siteunder 1 mi
- Kiln - limeunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.