Overview
Indicated — Dromavrauka is recorded as Kiln — lime at Dromavrauka. It preserves evidence of a work place where controlled heat changed stone, grain or another material. The source record also describes the surviving evidence; its details are kept below.
Who lived here and when
The record identifies Indicated — Dromavrauka as Kiln — lime. It does not safely name every person, family or worker who used it, or fix all phases to exact years.
Homes and daily life
The recorded type points to a work place where controlled heat changed stone, grain or another material. That explains the likely everyday purpose without claiming people, tools or customs that the exact record does not prove.
What was found
The saved source says: On the S side of a road, built into a steep N-facing slope. A heavily overgrown mid/late 19th-century limekiln. The random rubble front wall (Wth 4.2m) faces N. The central lintelled recess (Wth 1.35m; D 1.8m), which is partly infilled, has sloping slabs at the rear; iron reinforcing bars have been inserted. Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 31 January 2011
Why it ended
The saved record does not establish one certain ending. A change in farming, water level, trade, fuel, ownership, route or settlement pattern may have ended the use, but no single cause is claimed without evidence.
Why it mattered
Indicated — Dromavrauka fixes a real piece of work or daily life to an exact place. Even where names are lost, its remains show how people obtained food and materials, organised land, made homes or adapted to the local ground.
History checked 15 August 2026 against the named sources below.
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