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Kiln

Dunshaughlin, County Meath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Kiln, Dunshaughlin, 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
Dunshaughlin
County
Meath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.50720, -6.53248
SMR number
ME044-063----

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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 on a slight S-facing slope. A remote sensing survey (18R0012) by J. Nicholls (2018) identified numerous potential archaeological features and archaeological testing (18E0495) by L. Kavanagh (Kavanagh and Tobin 2018) confirmed the presence of three isolated pits, two burnt mounds and a ring-ditch (excavations.ie 2018:226). The features were subsequently excavated by M. Piera under the same licence (excavations.ie 2019:735).
A figure-of-eight kiln (dims 2.2m N-S; 0.8m E-W; max. D 0.4m) that had a combustion chamber with a fire-reddened base at N and a drying chamber at S was 7m N of a keyhole-shaped kiln (dims 1.6m x 0.8m; D 0.25m) with its flue extending N. Both were filled with silty clays with frequent charcoal and burnt clay inclusions. A subrectangular pit (dims 1.2m x 0.6m; D 0.16m) with a fire-reddened base that could be another kiln was 8m to the SW of the figure-of- eight kiln, and a small fire-spot (diam. 0.3m; D 0.06m) was 4m to the SE. (Piera 2020, 22-3)

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 10 December 2021

References

Piera, M. 2020 Preliminary Excavation Report for The Willows, Dunshaughlin, Co. Meath. Licence: 18E0495. Unpublished report, Irish Archaeological Consultancy

Nicholls, J. 2018 Phases 1C, 1D, 2 &3, The Willows, Dublin Road, Dunshaughlin, Co. Meath. Licence: 18R0012. Unpublished report, Target Archaeological Geophysics (TAG1800IE2)

Kavanagh, L. and Tobin, M. 2018 Archaeological assessment at The Willows, Dunshaughlin, Co. Meath. Licence No. 18E0495. Unpublished excavation, IAC

Nearby in the register

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

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