Historic Buildings Record · Northern Ireland
Lime Kiln,
Bay, Mid and East Antrim, Northern Ireland
The record
- Designation
- Record only (not listed)
- Grade
- Record Only
- Type
- Rural Industry
- Date of construction
- 1820 - 1839
- Address
- Lime Kiln,, Ballyvaddy Road,, Carnlough,, Co Antrim
- Townland
- Bay
- Council
- Mid and East Antrim
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.96989, -5.99263
- Date of survey
- 20 November 2000
- HB reference
- HB06/01/049
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1817 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Department's description
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.
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
Criteria for listing: 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.
Nearby in the register
- Lime Kiln,Rural Industryunder 1 mi
- Bay CottageHouseunder 1 mi
- Lime Kiln,Rural Industryunder 1 mi
- Lime Kiln,Rural Industryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.