Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Kiln
Elphin, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Elphin
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.84433, -8.19049
- SMR number
- RO016-127010-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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)
- 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1869 · 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
A test excavation (01E0704) c. 90m S of the church (RO016-127001-) produced a stone-lined 18th century kiln (dims. 2.3m E-W; 1.4-1.6m N-S; D 0.6m), which was probably for corn-drying (Read 2003d; 2006n).
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
References
Read, C. 2003d Elphin: possible kiln. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2001: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 355, No. 1118. Bray. Wordwell.
Read, C. 2006n Elphin: 18th-century kiln. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2003: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 423, No. 1574. Bray. Wordwell.
Nearby in the register
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