Kiln - corn-drying

The National Monuments Service's description

First identified in centre-line testing (00E0379) for the re-alignment of the N25 Wexford town to New Ross road (Elder and Tierney 2002), and fully excavated (00E0417) subsequently. It is located on a steep SE-facing slope. An oval bowl (dims. 3.7m N-S; 2.7m E-W; D 0.52m) had a flat base and the sides were lined with stones. The flue (L 2m) extended to the SW, but its further end had been truncated. An arc of a trench (L c. 6m) c. 2m upslope to the N is interpreted as preventing water run-off from reaching the kiln. It produced a C14 date of Cal AD 1460-1660 (Tierney 2006, 32). (Tierney 2002)

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 8 November, 2012

References

Elder, S. and Tierney, M. 2002 N25 Rathsillatgh to Harristown Little realignment scheme. Prehistoric and medieval. in I. Bennett (Ed.) Excavations 2000: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 358, No. 1068. Bray, Wordwell

Tierney, M. 2002 Harristown Little (sic). Medieval corn-drying kiln. In I. Bennett (Ed.) Excavations 2000: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 355-6, No. 1062. Bray, Wordwell.

Tierney, M. 2006 Preliminary excavation report, N25 Rathsillagh to Harristown realignment, Harristown Little (sic), Co. Wexford. Licence No. 00E0417. Unpublished report, Eachtra Archaeological Projects.