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Kiln in Coolmore

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On an elevated NE-facing slope in pasture. Excavated in 2010 in advance of the N9/N10 Waterford to Powerstown Road Improvement scheme (Licence no. 3015). A circular pit (L 1.78m; Wth 1.53m; D 0.31m) with a linear, flue-type cut (L 2.61m; Wth 0.62m; D 0.21m) extending from it at N. The pit had an oxidised base and may…

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On an elevated NE-facing slope in pasture. Excavated in 2010 in advance of the N9/N10 Waterford to Powerstown Road Improvement scheme (Licence no. 3015). A circular pit (L 1.78m; Wth 1.53m; D 0.31m) with a linear, flue-type cut (L 2.61m; Wth 0.62m; D 0.21m) extending from it at N. The pit had an oxidised base and may have functioned as a cereal-drying kiln although the absence of charred grain suggests a simple hearth or charcoal production pit. Radiocarbon dating of charred oak bark returned a date of 1216-1268 cal AD (UBA-14005). Three additional pits were recorded c. 5m to the S and may represent contemporary activity. (Monteith 2009, 270-71, no. 1051; Monteith 2010) Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 21 October 2013

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KK031-097

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