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Kiln in Gortore

Kiln, lime

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Built against natural rock, in quarry adjacent to road. Random-rubble limestone walls (6.5m E-W; 5.4m N-S) encase earthen core. Front elevation (H c. 6m; Wth 6.5m) faces N; lintelled corbelled recess (H 1.5m; Wth 2.3m; D c. 2.1m), sloping slabs at rear with stoking hole cut into slab. Stone wall encloses top of kiln with ope (Wth 2.5m) to S. Top inaccessible due to overgrowth.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO027-116

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
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