Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Kiln - corn-drying
Killegland, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Killegland
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.51112, -6.40081
- SMR number
- ME045-040----
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 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Located at the crest of the S-facing slope down to the valley of the W-E Broad Meadow River. Archaeological testing and monitoring (02E0266) exposed what might be a kiln which was visible as a small hollow (dims 0.74m x 0.55m) filled with layers of burnt clay with charcoal in a spread (dims 1.8m x 1.5m; T 0.15m) of re-deposited subsoil (excavations.ie 2002:1415). Unfortunately, it was destroyed before a licence to excavate (02E0529) could be effected (excavations.ie 2002:1415). (Frazer 2002)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 21 December 2021
References
Frazer, W. O. 2002 Archaeological monitoring of Town Centre Development Plan Phase 1. Ashbourne, Co. Meath. Licence No. 02E0266. Unpublished report, Margaret Gowen & Co.
Nearby in the register
- Mill - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Metalworking siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.