Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Kiln - lime
Cloontyprughlish, County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cloontyprughlish
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.38263, -8.33854
- SMR number
- LE003-020----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1869 map "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1904 · Sheet 4. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1922 · Ireland - northern section. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
Indicated as a kiln on the 1835 ed. of the OS 6-inch map and a small hachured feature on the 1909 ed. of the map. It is situated on a prominent knoll on a steep NE-facing mountain slope overlooking Glenade valley. This is a conical mound (diam. of base 16m; H 2.4m) with central funnel-shaped hollow (diam. 4m, D1.4m) faced with drystone walling a the centre and with an opening (Wth 1m) to the NE. This is a lime-kiln.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 22 December, 2015
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.