Historic Building Details

HB Ref No:
HB06/01/048

Address :
Lime Kiln, behind 114 Largy Road Carnlough, Ballymena Co Antrim

Townland:
Lemnalary

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Survey 2:
Record Only

Date of Listing:

Date of De-listing:

Current Use:
Rural Industry

Former Use
Rural Industry

Conservation Area:
No

Industrial Archaeology:
Yes

Vernacular:
No

Thatched:
No

Monument:
No

Derelict:
Yes

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OS Map No:
35/15

IG Ref:
D2860 1980

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Owner Category

Private

Exterior Description And Setting

A basalt and limestone structure on a square plan, built into the side of a hill, with a circular charging hole on top, lined with basalt rubble and boulders, and a draw hole at the bottom of the front face set within two orders of segmental arches, one being recessed within the other, both with dressed limestone voussoirs. The charging hole is partly filled up and the draw hole now blocked. Prominently sited on a hill behind a farmhouse, and easily visible from a distance from Largy Road.

Architects

Not Known

Historical Information

Precise date of building not known but it appears on the OS map of 1857. Built for the small-scale burning of white limestone, commonly known as chalk, to reduce it to a rough powder for various uses. References – Primary Sources 1. OS Map 1857, Co Antrim 25. Secondary Sources 1. F. Hamond, Antrim Coast and Glens: Industrial Heritage (HMSO, Belfast, 1991), pp 26 and 86 (item no. 54). 2. IHR 7689.

Criteria for Listing

Architectural Interest

Not listed

Historic Interest

Not listed

Evaluation

This is a prominently sited example of a once-common type of structure, which is still numerous but usually in derelict or incomplete condition.

General Comments

Date of Survey

20 November 2000