Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Kiln - lime
Lagavooren, County Louth, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lagavooren
- County
- Louth
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.71344, -6.34671
- SMR number
- LH024-041047-
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 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
A small cruciform limekiln, discovered prior to road construction (Excavation Licence No. E0210). Found in association with a stretch of the town wall and was most likely used in wall construction. Suggested date of use is late thirteenth-century. (Campbell 1987, 54)
Compiled by: Claire Breen
Date of upload: 28 August 2012
References
Campbell, K. 1987 The archaeology of medieval Drogheda. Archaeology Ireland 1 (2), 52-6.
Nearby in the register
- House - medievalunder 1 mi
- Buildingunder 1 mi
- Quayunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.