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Kiln

Drumree, County Meath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Kiln, Drumree, 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
Drumree
County
Meath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.50520, -6.56973
SMR number
ME044-049002-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1799 map "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. C. Kon: Ireland. a. Prov: Leinster. Counties: 1-12 (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 in a low-lying area at the bottom of a gentle S-facing slope, with a SW-NE section of the Skane River just to the SE. Centre-line testing (04E0481) by T. O’Neill (2004) in Testing Area 19 of the M3 (excavations.ie 2004:1225) identified a spread of broken and burnt stone that was fully excavated (E003049) by H. Schweitzer in February 2006 as Drumree 1 when the remains of a fulacht fia (ME044-049001-) and two kilns were recorded (excavations.ie 2006:1551).
Two palaeo-channels ran just to the N and S of the excavated area. In the NW of the excavated area were two kilns. One (dims 1.63m x 0.93m; max. D 0.31m) was rectangular and aligned NW-SE, with in situ burning at its centre, and burnt bone in the primary of two deposits. The other (dims 1.69m x 0.85-0.95m. D 0.12-0.28m) was just 0.5m to the S and aligned E-W. It was of figure-of-eight form with a clearly distinguishable flue and slight evidence of burning in the W bowl. A hearth (diam. 1m; D 0.2m) with a fire-reddened base was c. 4m to the NE and a larger fire-pit (dims 1.04m x 0.95m; D 0.45m) 7m to the NE had a fire-reddened base and fills of charcoal-rich silts and material from the slumped sides. (Schweitzer 2008, 4-6)

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 9 December 2021

O’Neill, T. 2004 M3 Clonee - North of Kells, Contract 1 Clonee – Dunshaughlin. Final Report on Archaeological Assessment at Testing Area 19, Drumree and Johnstown, County Meath. Licence: 04E0481. Unpublished report, Archaeological Consultancy Services

References

Schweitzer, H. 2008 M3 Clonee - North of Kells, Contract 1 Clonee – Dunshaughlin. Final Report on the Archaeological Excavation of Drumree 1, Co. Meath. Licence: E003049. Unpublished report, Archaeological Consultancy Services

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

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