Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Kiln
Knowth, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Knowth
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.70075, -6.48909
- SMR number
- ME019-106----
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)
This record in the National Monuments Service's Historic Environment Viewer ↗
The National Monuments Service's description
Magnetic Susceptibility and Magnetometer surveys E of Knowth Passage tomb complex identified sub-surface remains interpreted as a possible kiln (Fenwick 2012, 21).
Compiled by: Geraldine Stout
Date of upload: 30 January 2012
References
Fenwick, J. 2012 A report on the archaeological survey of Area 10, Knowth National Monument Complex (ME019-030----) Brú na Bóinne UNESCO World Heritage Site, Slane, Co. Meath. The Brugh na Bóinne Research Project, unpublished report.
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Settlement clusterunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - passage tombunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.