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Kiln - lime

Moytirra West, County Sligo, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Kiln - lime, Moytirra West, County Sligo, 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
Moytirra West
County
Sligo
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
54.08530, -8.29638
SMR number
SL034-247----

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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)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (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

Not included in the SMR (1989) but listed in the RMP (1995) and classified 'Kiln'. In elevated undulating pasture, built into a drystone wall (long axis NE-SW) which encloses the base of the cairn of a wedge tomb (SL034-208001-) immediately to NW. A D-shaped kiln (1.35m SW-NE; 1.2m SE-NW; H 1.3m) of rubble limestone. The bowl of the kiln (diam. top 1.75m; wall T 0.6m; H top to base 0.6m) has vertical sides and is slightly in-turned at the top where there is a course of level rubble stone. The mouth of the kiln, which is rectangular in shape (Wth 0.7m; H 0.5m; D to rear wall 0.6m), faces SE away from the cairn of the wedge tomb. It has a lintelled top and sides of rough limestone rubble. The rear wall of the fire pit is vertical and the raking hole is now obscured by earth and rubble. This is probably post-1700 AD in date.

Compiled by: Archaeological Survey Unit, UCC

Date of upload: 11 January 2012

Nearby in the register

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

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