Kiln - corn-drying

The National Monuments Service's description

Excavated completely (00E0471) as part of the investigation of the moated site (WX036-079001-). The kiln was located just outside the NE moat, and consisted of a central firing-chamber (diam. 1.3m) with flues and fire-boxes to the NW (diam. 2.5m) and SE (1.5m). A charcoal sample from the end-use of the firing chamber produced a C14 date of cal. AD 1300-1435, and the structure is probably best interpreted as a corn-drying kiln (Eogan and Kelly 2016, 218). The midden (WX036-079005-) is about 10m to the NE. (Tierney 2002; 2009, 194-5; Tierney and Johnston 2006, 14, 15)

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of revised upload: 1 February, 2017

References

Eogan, J. and Kelly, B. 2016. 'New Roads to Medieval Wexford.' in I. Doyle, and B. Browne Medieval Wexford: essays in memory of Billy Colfer, 211-40. Dublin, Four Courts Press

Tierney, M. 2009 16. Excavating feudalism? A medieval moated site at Carrowreagh (sic), Co. Wexford. In C. Corlett and M. Potterton (eds.), Rural settlement in medieval Ireland in the light of recent archaeological excavations, 189-200. Dublin. Wordwell.

Tierney, M. 2002 Carrowreagh (sic). Medieval moated site. In I. Bennett (Ed.) Excavations 2000: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 351-2, No. 1047. Bray, Wordwell.

Tierney, M. and Johnston, P. 2006 Archaeological excavation report, Carrowreagh (sic) N25 Harristown to Rathsillagh, Co. Wexford. Medieval moated site and pottery kiln. Licence No. 00E0471. Unpublished report, Eachtra Archaeological Projects.