What is recorded here
This is the record for the furnace excavated by Breandán Ó Ríordáin (97E0083) on the Arklow bypass road scheme. The remains occupied a space of 1.1m x 0.85m with a max. depth of 0.5m. The furnace had a lining of two stones, one on either side, and a crescent wall of solid iron slag. No finds other than fragments of slag and waste iron were recovered.
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 25 January 2013
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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