Kiln in Kilmovee, County Waterford

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What is recorded here

Three small furnaces (dims. c. 0.9m x c. 0.4m) filled with charcoal and iron slag were recovered in excavation (98E0558) by Dave Pollock at the site of a single house (Pollock 2000, P 207, No. 637). Kilmovee church (WA008-030001-) is c. 80m to the SE.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WA008-052

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