Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Kiln - pottery
Townparks (upper Dundalk By.), County Louth, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Townparks (upper Dundalk By.)
- County
- Louth
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.01061, -6.40358
- SMR number
- LH007-119032-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1636 "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Discovered as a result of a pre-development excavation on Bridge Street (Excavation Licence No. 97E0362). Only a small portion of the kiln survived intact as later activity had cut through a substantial part of it. Evidence was produced for a firing chamber or oven and two opposing flues. 386 pottery sherds together with kiln waste and fired clay were recovered. On the basis of the fabric and decoration of the pottery sherds, a date between 1250AD and 1350AD has been suggested for the use of the kiln. (Campbell 1997)
Reference:
Campbell, K. 1997 Preliminary report on archaeological excavations at 78 Bridge St., Dundalk, Co. Louth. Unpublished archaeological report (Excavation Licence No. 97E0362). National Monuments Service, Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
Compiled by: Claire Breen
Date of upload: 24 November 2011
Nearby in the register
- Meeting-houseunder 1 mi
- Excavation - miscellaneousunder 1 mi
- Fontunder 1 mi
- Town defencesunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.