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Kiln in Carrigdownane Lower

Kiln, lime

What is recorded here

Built into ESE bank of ringfort (12251). Overgrown remains of random-rubble walls encase earthen core. Front elevation (L 7.1m; H 5m) faces SE; buttresses on either side of pointed corbelled recess (H 1.9m; Wth 2.2m; D 2m), rear collapsed. Stone-lined funnel (diam. 1.9m), with earthen ramp (L 12m) to N atop scarp on E side of fort.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO026-128

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Kmcnamee, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Colin Park, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • The Speckled Bird, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
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