What is recorded here
In pasture, atop E-W ridge with extensive view in all directions. Cylindrical (H c. 8m; Wth above base batter 5.75m) kiln built of coursed limestone, and disguised as neo-Gothic tower with prominent base batter and cut-limestone twin-light windows at 1st-floor level; top of walls now encased with ivy. Kiln opening, on…
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From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LI029-139
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- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Maker not stated on source page, www.communities-ni.gov.uk
- Maker not stated on source page, www.ancient-origins.net
- Mike Searle, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Kmcnamee, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Maker not stated on source page, www.pinterest.com
- Maker not stated on source page, www.msn.com
- Maker not stated on source page, commons.wikimedia.org
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