Historic Building Details

HB Ref No:
HB12/01/036

Address :
Lime Kiln Ballagh Co Fermanagh

Townland:
Ballagh

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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:
246/11

IG Ref:
H4246 3130

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Owner Category

Private

Exterior Description And Setting

Disused lime kiln on N side of minor road behind a modernised vernacular house. Aligned N-S, with rear section cut into bank, here quarried to each side. Of random rubble with dressed stepped quoins. Single cylindrical brick-lined pot, 1.5m diameter; now partly infilled with rubbish. Face measures 5.0m wide and stands 5.7m high. Draw hole accessed by a semicircular headed opening, the jambs of which are cement rendered. This opening measures 2.5m wide and rises 2.8m to the crown. The soffit is of hand-made brick and slopes down to the draw hole proper. This is set in a small random rubble wall and is trimmed with brick.

Architects

Not Known

Historical Information

A structure is shown at this location on the 1857 OS 6” map. Although not explicitly cited as a lime kiln, it is set within what appears to be a quarry and is undoubtedly the existing structure. Only on the 25” map of 1907 is it captioned as ‘L.K.’ (= lime kiln). It is probably of mid 19th century date. Primary sources: 1. OS map, 1st edition 6”, 1834, Co Fermanagh sheet 35. 2. OS map, 2nd edition 6”, 1859, Co Fermanagh sheet 35. 3. OS map, 1st edition 25”, 1907, Co Fermanagh sheet 35-9.

Criteria for Listing

Architectural Interest

Not listed

Historic Interest

Not listed

Evaluation

A large kiln, given some degree of interest by its proximity to the quarry The kiln was built into the quarry face so that the ground behind became a loading ramp for the pot.

General Comments

Date of Survey

01 October 2000