Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Kiln - corn-drying
Ballyshaneduff Or The Derries, County Laois, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyshaneduff Or The Derries
- County
- Laois
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.10339, -7.14369
- SMR number
- LA009-047----
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Shown on 5 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
New monument uncovered during centre line testing by Eoghan Moore under licence number 03E0126 in advance of the M7 Heath-Mayfield motorway scheme. Monument was then excavated by Gary Conboy for V. J. Keeley Ltd. Under licence number 03E0678.
Described as site H,, which revealed in trench 5 a corn-drying kiln with a stone lined drying chamber, the flue was cut in two by a modern field ditch (Bennett 2006, 288-9).
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 17 December 2007
Nearby in the register
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Pitunder 1 mi
- Pitunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.