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Located on slightly higher ground than the pits (ME050-056----) just to the S was a figure-of-eight kiln consisting of an oval pit (dims 1.37m x 1-1.2m; D 0.36m) connected at S to a circular pit (diam. 0.82-0.94m; D 0.46m). It was filled with silty clay with inclusions of charcoal and burnt bone over a red-stained…
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From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record ME050-056001
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- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Kmcnamee, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Maker not stated on source page, www.joinmychurch.com
- Maker not stated on source page, en.wikipedia.org
- Maker not stated on source page, www.europeanheritageawards.eu
- Chris Andrews, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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- EecherplazGinkgo06.jpg : Cayambe derivative work: Ginkgotree ( talk ), Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
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