Historic Buildings Record · Northern Ireland
Lime Kiln,
Carrivereagh, 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,, behind 128 Largy Road,, Carnlough,, Ballymena, Co Antrim
- Townland
- Carrivereagh
- Council
- Mid and East Antrim
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Coordinates
- 55.01776, -5.98617
- Date of survey
- 20 November 2000
- HB reference
- HB06/01/053
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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)
The Department's description
Exterior description and setting
A limestone and basalt rubble structure on a square plan, built into the side of a hill, with three orders of recessed segmental arches of limestone to the front, in which is located the draw hole. There is a circular charging hole on top but it is overgrown and access to it from above closed off. A hole has been broken into the south side of the chamber where some stonework is missing. The structure stands on an elevated site in a field behind a farm, well above the main road but visible from it.
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
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
- Drumnasole House,Country Houseunder 1 mi
- Burnside Bridge,Bridgeunder 1 mi
- Drumnasole School,Schoolunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.