What is recorded here
Built into natural break in slope, in corner of field. Rectangular kiln (c. 8m E-W; 6.8m N-S; front H c. 8m; rear H 2.2m); top and rear heavily overgrown with ivy (front H c. 8m; rear H 2.2m). Front elevation (N) inaccessible but wide stone arch recess visible, with lower inner arch; sloping slabs to rear. Funnel inaccessible. Shown on 1842 OS 6-inch map.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). 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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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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