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Disused lime kiln at Kinghill

Kinghill, Newry, Mourne and Down, Northern Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Disused lime kiln at Kinghill, Newry, Mourne and Down, 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
Disused lime kiln at Kinghill, 6 Kinghill Rd, Rathfriland, Newry, Co Down, BT34 5RB
Townland
Kinghill
Council
Newry, Mourne and Down
Country
Northern Ireland
Coordinates
54.22716, -6.07823
Date of survey
10 February 1999
HB reference
HB16/07/065

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1808 map "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1808 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1817 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1825 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The Department's description

Exterior description and setting

Situated on north-facing slope at SE corner of farm complex. A single pot of rounded rubble fieldstones, 2.1m diameter and now partly infilled. Short loading ramp at rear. A ramped track leads up to the west side of the kiln from the farmyard. The front and sides are of roughly squared granite rubble. The front measures 4.6m wide by 3.1m high. At centre is a 1.4 x 1.35m high opening to the draw hole. It slopes down and narrows to the drawhole proper.

Historical information

First shown on the 1859 OS 6" map, suggesting a mid 19th century date of erection. However, it could be earlier and its absence from the 1833 map must be treated with caution.

Primary sources:
1. 1st edition OS 6" map, Down sheet 42 (1833).
2. 2nd edition OS 6" map, Down sheet 42 (1859).

Criteria for listing: architectural interest

Not listed

Criteria for listing: historic interest

Not listed

Evaluation

Primarily of local interest.

Nearby in the register

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

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