Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Kiln - corn-drying
Rath, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rath
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.62907, -8.40230
- SMR number
- LI015-076----
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 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated in the SW edge of ringfort (LI015-013----), on a gentle SW-facing slope in poorly-drained, undulating pasture with good views in all directions. The basal remains of a keyhole shaped kiln (L 4.05m E-W) with a flue (2.35m E-W; 0.95m N-S) to W and a bowl (1.7m E-W; 1.65m N-S) to E. It is constructed of limestone blocks of various sizes and lengths with longer stones used in the flue's construction.
See attached photographs and sketch plan of feature identified and recorded by Elizabeth Connolly.
Compiled by: Denis Power
Revised by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of revised upload: 1 June 2021
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Field systemunder 1 mi
- Barrow - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.