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Louth<br />

A stone-lined oval kiln, with a short linear opening to the west, was located approximately<br />

50m north <strong>of</strong> the main enclosure. Its fills contained high amounts <strong>of</strong> burnt clay and charcoal<br />

and an upper deposit produced a blue glass bead. This may have been a cereal-drying kiln<br />

based on its shape and lack <strong>of</strong> obvious industrial residues such as iron slag.<br />

Balgatheran 1 was a multi-period site with prehistoric, probable early medieval and late<br />

medieval activity. Although radiocarbon dates are not available and there are no early<br />

medieval diagnostic artefacts from the site, Balgatheran 1 probably represents an early<br />

medieval enclosure complex related to industry and agriculture. <strong>The</strong> hut site and potential<br />

cereal-drying kiln may be Iron Age or early medieval in date while the enclosure complex was<br />

probably utilised over a number <strong>of</strong> centuries during the early middle-ages.<br />

(No plans were available for this site).<br />

Reference:<br />

Chapple, R. 2000:0638 Balgatheran 1, Co. Louth. www.excavations.ie<br />

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