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Kiln - corn-drying

Piercetown (Dunboyne By.), County Meath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Kiln - corn-drying, Piercetown, 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
Piercetown (Dunboyne By.)
County
Meath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.44846, -6.47005
SMR number
ME050-038002-

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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

Two cereal-drying kilns are within the annexe attached to the S of Site 1 that was excavated (17E0080) by Deirdre Murphy (excavations.ie 2018:805), and a third is cut into its defining ditch at S. This kiln is c. 1m inside the edge of the fosse of the annexe at S. It is irregular in shape (dims 4.8m E-W; 1.3m N-S; D 0.3m) with an uneven base and had the drying chamber at E. It narrowed at the centre for the flue and had five fills, including fire-reddened clays in the firing chamber and silty clays with charcoal in the drying chamber. The kiln was cut by a NE-SW drain at W. (Murphy 2019, 16, 28)

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 3 November, 2021

References

Murphy, Deirdre 2019 Archaeological Excavation of Site 5, Piercetown, Co. Meath. Licence: 17E0080. Final unpublished report, Archaeological Consultancy Services

Nearby in the register

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

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