Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Kiln - corn-drying
Rathdown Upper, County Wicklow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rathdown Upper
- County
- Wicklow
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 53.15703, -6.07941
- SMR number
- WI008-074----
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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1799 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
This is the record for the corn-drying kiln excavated by James Eogan and Richard O'Brien (97E0075). It consisted of an oval pit (3.5m long, 2m wide and 0.55m deep). The N part of the pit was deepest and the clay in its base had been oxidised. Two parallel lines of five stake-holes were found in the base of the kiln. Two shallow trenches, which probably functioned as flues, extended from the SE and SW corners of the pit. (Eogan and O'Brien 2005)
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 24 January 2013
References
Eogan, J and O'Brien, R. 2005 Final Report of Excavations at Rathdown Upper, Co. Wicklow, Licence No. 97E0075. Unpublished excavation report submitted to Heritage and Planning Division, National Monuments Service, Department Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Dublin.
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