Historic Buildings Record · Northern Ireland
Lime Kiln,
Highlandtown, Mid and East Antrim, Northern Ireland
The record
- Designation
- Record only (not listed)
- Grade
- Record Only
- Type
- Rural Industry
- Date of construction
- 1840 - 1859
- Address
- Lime Kiln,, behind 124 Largy Road,, Carnlough,, Ballymena, Co Antrim
- Townland
- Highlandtown
- Council
- Mid and East Antrim
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Coordinates
- 55.01388, -5.98781
- Date of survey
- 20 November 2000
- HB reference
- HB06/01/054
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 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 a slight hill, with two orders of recessed segmental arches with limestone voussoirs containing a draw hole to the front face. The charging hole on top is entirely overgrown and access to it fenced off. The structure stands on a hillside behind a farm well beyond the main road but is not visible from it due to surrounding trees.
Historical information
Precise date of building not known but it appears on the OS map of 1857. 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 1857, 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 usually, as in this case is in derelict condition.
Nearby in the register
- Lime Kiln,Rural Industryunder 1 mi
- Lime Kiln,Rural Industryunder 1 mi
- Bridge at Highlandtown,Bridgeunder 1 mi
- St Mary’s Church of Ireland Church,Churchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.