Kiln in Gortahoosh, County Kerry

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What is recorded here

Built into a slope on the S bank of the Flesk River. The kiln has a random rubble N-facing front wall (H c. 3.8m; Wth 3.2m) with a central arched recess (H 2m; Wth 1.45m; D 1.65m) with sloping slabs to the rear. Two walls (max. H 1.9m), which retain the slope, abut the front of the kiln at right angles to it at either side of the recess. The top of the kiln is inaccessible.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KE067-116

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