Historic Building Details

HB Ref No:
HB06/01/051

Address :
Lime Kiln, Gartford Lane, Carnlough, Ballymena Co Antrim

Townland:
Gortcarney

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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:
D2761 1630

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Owner Category

Private

Exterior Description And Setting

A basalt and limestone rubble structure with battered faces to front and sides, on a square plan, built into the side of a hill. There is a draw hole with a lintel head, still open, at the bottom of the front face set within three orders of segmental arches, each recessed within the other. Voussoirs are mainly of limestone with some of basalt. There is the outline of a later gabled addition to the front face indicated by traces of cement render over the outermost arch. The circular charging hole on top has some of the lining stonework missing, and is now filled up and has vegetation growing in it. SETTING: The structure stands in a very rural area, on an elevated position in a field overlooking Carnlough Bay.

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 25.

Criteria for Listing

Architectural Interest

Not listed

Historic Interest

Not listed

Evaluation

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

General Comments

Date of Survey

15 August 1997