Kiln in Smithstown, County Offaly

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What is recorded here

Situated on top of high ground in undulating countryside. Described in 1988 by the local landowner as 'about forty years ago, he found a horseshoe-shaped enclosure with large stone slabs inside, underneath he found a large amount of red and white ashes' (ASI file 1988). This is the site of a lime kiln of post-1700 AD date.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record OF014-047

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