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Lime Kiln,

Bay, Mid and East Antrim, Northern Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Lime Kiln, Bay, Mid and East Antrim, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

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

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1817 map "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1817 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1824 · Scotland (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1825 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1831 · Scotland southern. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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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

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

Department for Communities, Historic Environment Division, Historic Buildings Record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Department for Communities, Historic Environment Division · Open Government Licence v3.0
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