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kiln — DRUMMUCKLAGH

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Freestanding single-bay lime kiln on square-plan, erected c. 1860. Tapers outwards towards base. Now out of use. Constructed of rubble stone masonry. Series of staged segmental-headed recesses to the front (south-east), the former oven aperture, having brick voussoirs over. Former loading chamber on ovoid/circular-plan to the north-east having rubble masonry construction; chamber now partially collapsed. Built into rock outcrop adjacent to road and former quarries. Earthen embankment to rear, formerly giving access to loading chamber. Set back from road in rural countryside to the north-east of Raphoe.

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