Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Kiln - corn-drying
Taghmon, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Taghmon
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.32293, -6.65833
- SMR number
- WX041-067001-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
University Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated on a slight S facing slope. This was excavated (08E0627) in advance of the building of a Community Centre outside the W edge of Taghmon. The kiln was a bulbous, stone-lined, expansion (diam. 1.8m) at the N end of the flue while the S end was occupied by a fire-pit with some lining stones. Archaeological monitoring (08E0627 ext.) c. 40m to the SE uncovered extensive archaeological deposits, suggesting habitation (WX041-067002-), although this has yet to be tested (Tobin 2009, 2011).
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 20 March, 2013
References
Tobin, R. 2011 Taghmon. Early medieval cereal-drying kiln. In I. Bennett (2011) Excavations 2008: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 375-6, No. 1297. Wordwell. Dublin.
Tobin, R. 2009 Community day care development, Taghmon, Co. Wexford. Phase 2, Archaeological investigations monitoring and test excavation. Unpublished report. Redarc.
Nearby in the register
- Habitation siteunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Crossunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.