Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Kiln - lime
Bunnamohaun, County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Bunnamohaun
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.80026, -10.04663
- SMR number
- MA084-001003-
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
Located in the SW quadrant of a rectangular enclosure (MA084-001002-). This circular limekiln, now ruined, was built and used during the construction in 1804-6 of a signal tower (NIAH: Reg. No. 31308401), which is located in the centre of the enclosure (Gosling, Manning, Waddell 2007, 137-138).
Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 13 July 2015
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Signal towerunder 1 mi
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.