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Kiln

Killegland, County Meath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Kiln, Killegland, 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
Killegland
County
Meath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.50871, -6.41088
SMR number
ME045-074001-

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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 fairly level landscape. Archaeological testing (05E1321) by S. Halliday (2007) identified archaeological features (excavations.ie 2006:1496) that were further excavated (06E0782) by the same archaeologist when parts of a circular and a subrectangular enclosure were recorded (excavations.ie 2006:1498). Six kilns were also excavated in this area, within the enclosures and outside them. They were usually of figure-of eight type, appearing as oval features (dims 2.1-4.1m x 0.84-1.48m; D 0.13-0.35m) with distinct bowls and shallower flues and had fire-reddened bases. Their particular use is not yet determined and their relationships with the enclosures are uncertain, but in at least one case the flue of a kiln cuts the outer edge of the fosse of the circular enclosure. (Halliday 2008, 21-23)

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 22 December 2021

References

Halliday, S. 2008 Preliminary Archaeological Excavation Report. Road 3, Killegland, Ashbourne, Co. Meath. Licence: 06E0782. Unpublished report, Arch-Tech

Nearby in the register

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

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