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Kiln, lime

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Roadside; overgrown lime kiln. Random-rubble limestone walls encase earthen core. Front elevation (H c. 5m; Wth 9.2m) faces NW; brick-arched recess (H 2.2m; Wth 2.2m; D 2.55m), rear braced with iron bars. Top of kiln overgrown, ramp appears to be removed. Probably associated with construction of tall single arched railway bridge to NE, part of Fermoy - Mitchelstown line built 1891, closed 1953 (Rowledge, 1995, 91). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

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