Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Kiln - kelp drying
Conor'S Island, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Conor'S Island
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.42304, -8.51512
- SMR number
- SL002-035001-
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 1869 map "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1904 · Sheet 4. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1922 · Ireland - northern section. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
Listed in the SMR (1989) and classified 'Miscellaneous'. Not included in the RMP (1995). Stone-lined channel (L 5.8m; Wth 0.6m) aligned NW-SE. The stones show signs of contact with heat. This is the remains of a kelp kiln of which there are a number on the island. This is a post-1700 feature.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 23 July 2012
Nearby in the register
- Standing stone - pairunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Moundunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.