Kiln in Trantstown, County Cork (CO064-005----)

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What is recorded here

In pasture, built against slight slope. Front (H c. 10m; Wth 7m) W-facing; arched recess (H 2.05m; Wth c. 3m; D 3.1m) with sloping slabs to rear, stoking hole evident. Arched niches on N and S sides of recess. Funnel stone-lined. Ramp to E, N and S walls buttressed. Top of kiln enclosed by stone wall (H 1.5m) with window opes in N, S and W sides and entrance (Wth 2.6m) to E. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO064-005

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Hourihan (pitch contractor and image source; individual photographer not named), www.hourihan.ie
The Echo; photographer not named in the article, www.echolive.ie

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