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Kiln

Letterkeen, County Mayo, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Kiln, Letterkeen, County Mayo, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Letterkeen
County
Mayo
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
54.00735, -9.55375
SMR number
MA046-004011-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1753 map "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1753 · Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · 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

Located in the interior of a rath (MA046-004007-).
This feature was excavated (E000015) in 1950 by Ó' Ríordáin and Mac Dermott (1950-1, 103-104). It consisted of a roughly rectangular trench (1.6m X 0.5m; D 0.6m), with sides lined with upright stones. At its E end two lintel stones remained in position. The fill included charcoal and tiny fragments of burnt animal bone. The excavators interpreted this structure as a type of kiln, although they acknowledging that it was not similar to known kiln types (ibid, 104).

Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy

Date of upload: 9 April 2019

References

Ó Ríordáin, S.P. and Mac Dermott, M. 1950-1 The excavation of a ringfort at Letterkeen, Co. Mayo. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy 54, 89-119

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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