During excavation along that corridor, a corn-drying kiln came to light at Kilmurry, one of the quieter finds that road archaeology regularly produces and just as regularly fails to make headlines.

Corn-drying kilns were once a common feature of the Irish rural landscape, used to dry harvested grain before milling or storage, a necessity in a climate where summer and autumn rarely guaranteed enough dry weather to finish the job in the field. They typically consisted of a stone-lined flue or bowl, sometimes keyhole-shaped in plan, with a fire set at one end and a drying floor above where the grain was spread. The Kilmurry example was excavated by Red Tobin as part of licence E3236, carried out in connection with the N11 road scheme, with findings published in 2009. Beyond that, the record is spare, which is itself a small reminder of how many such structures have passed through the archaeological process quietly, documented but little discussed.