Historic Building Details

HB Ref No:
HB06/01/049

Address :
Lime Kiln, Ballyvaddy Road, Carnlough, Co Antrim

Townland:
Bay

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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:
45/7

IG Ref:
D2860 1544

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Owner Category

Private

Exterior Description And Setting

A basalt rubble structure on a square plan, built into a slight hill, with three orders of recessed segmental arches of limestone to the front face but with some voussoirs of the outermost arch missing. The draw hole of the kiln, which has a lintel over the opening, is now blocked, and the charging hole on top is now not visible due to the degree of overgrowth on top of the kiln. SETTING: The structure stands in a very rural area, in a field overlooking Carnlough Bay, located downhill from an access road to a quarry formerly used as a dump but now closed.

Architects

Not Known

Historical Information

Precise date of building not known but it appears on the OS map of 1832. 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 1832, Co Antrim 29.

Criteria for Listing

Architectural Interest

Not listed

Historic Interest

Not listed

Evaluation

An example of a once-common type of structure which is still numerous, but often, as in this case, is derelict or in incomplete condition.

General Comments

Date of Survey

20 November 2000