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Kiln

Rath (Ratoath By., Cookstown Par.), County Meath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Kiln, Rath (Ratoath By., Cookstown Par.), County Meath, 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
Rath (Ratoath By., Cookstown Par.)
County
Meath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.52626, -6.41939
SMR number
ME039-017----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Situated on a SW-facings slope. Topsoil stripping (02E0194) in advance of a gas pipeline identified a truncated kiln that was completely excavated as site (BGE: 1A/13/1) under the same licence. It appeared as a soil discoloration (max. dims 1.5m x 0.84m; max. D 0.3m) with a charcoal-rich fill cut into a halo of oxidised subsoil. The channel was clay-lined and there was no stone component. Other excavated prehistoric features (ME039-010 - 015) are c. 130-160m distant ENE-SE. (Tobin 2003, figs 5, 24)

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 8 March, 2018

References

Tobin, R. 2003 Archaeological Monitoring, Gas Pipeline to the West, Section 1a, Ballough, Co. Dublin to Kinnegad, Co. Westmeath. Licence No. 02E0194. Unpublished report, Margaret Gowen and Co.

Nearby in the register

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

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