Historic Building Details

HB Ref No:
HB06/04/014

Address :
Lime kilns behind 2 Ballylumford Road Islandmagee Larne Co Antrim

Townland:
Ballydown

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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:
71/13

IG Ref:
D4380 0035

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Owner Category

Private

Exterior Description And Setting

A limestone and basalt rubble structure on a rectangular plan with four kiln openings in its south face, each with rough limestone segmental outer arches and blackened brickwork to inner arches. Part of the parapet has disappeared and all is derelict. The kilns stand in a rural location reached by a track off the main road and sited near the coastline.

Architects

Not Known

Historical Information

Appears for the first time on OS map of 1857. Built for the burning of white limestone, commonly known as chalk, to reduce it to a rough powder for various uses. References - Primary 1. OS Map 1857, Co Antrim 41. Secondary 1. W.A. McCutcheon, The Industrial Archaeology of Northern Ireland (Belfast, 1980), plate 139.4. 2. IHR 6994

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 usually, as in this case, is now derelict.

General Comments

Date of Survey

19 September 1997