Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Kiln - corn-drying
Garretstown, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Garretstown
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.53472, -6.55238
- SMR number
- ME038-071010-
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 1799 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
This kiln (16) is an oval feature (dims 2.1m E-W; 1.2m N-S; D 0.65m) located c. 2m S of kiln (ME038-071009-) and c. 33m NNE of the central barrow (ME038-071001-). It is steep-sided with a fire-reddened base, particularly at its W end. The kiln had nine distinct fills, but two periods of use separated by a deliberate infilling could be distinguished. Barley predominated in both, although wheat was appearing in the second. A sample of barley from the basal fill returned a date of 422-596 cal. AD (BETA 241298). (Rathbone 2009, 19)
True location: ITM (695967, 754834)
See the attached plans adapted from Rathbone (2009, figs 8, 14)
_1 Site plan;
_4 Corn-drying kilns;
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 21 April, 2022
References
Rathbone, S. 2009 M3 Clonee - North of Kells, Contract 2 Dunshaughlin - Navan. Final Report on the Archaeological Excavation of Garretstown 2, Co. Meath. Licence: E003061. Unpublished report, Archaeological Consultancy Services
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