What is recorded here
In pasture, built into a W-facing slope on the W side of a minor road. A heavily overgrown mid/late 19th-century limekiln. The random rubble sandstone front wall (Wth c. 2.2m; H c. 3.8m) faces W. The central lintelled recess (H c. 2m; Wth 1.3m; D 2.4m) has sloping slabs to the rear. The funnel (diam. c. 1.4m) is stone lined.
Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork.
Date of upload: 31 January 2011
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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