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Lime Kiln

Ballydock, Ards and North Down, Northern Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Lime Kiln, Ballydock, Ards and North 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
1840 - 1859
Address
Lime Kiln, Ballydock, Portaferry, Co Down
Townland
Ballydock
Council
Ards and North Down
Country
Northern Ireland
Coordinates
54.35006, -5.52936
Date of survey
08 September 1997
HB reference
HB24/01/169

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

3 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1794 map "Sheet 55. (Cary's England, Wales, and Scotland)." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1794 · Sheet 55. (Cary's England, Wales, and Scotland). (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1838 · Ireland, north sheet. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1841 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The Department's description

Exterior description and setting

Disused snecked rubble lime kiln, of possible mid 19th century construction, built into a slight bank and now in poor order. The kiln is set close to the coastline, within a field to the S of Barr Hall Road, c.3 miles S of Portaferry.

The front face has a central ‘fireplace' opening (now partly collapsed). The front and side walls are slightly battered while the rear face is obscured by the earth access ramp. The main walls may have been lowered in height.

Historical information

This lime kiln may have been constructed in the mid 19th century.

References- Secondary sources.
1 T. Ferris, "Lime Kilns of the Ards" in 'Journal of the Upper Ards Historical Society No.2' (1978), p.4

Criteria for listing: architectural interest

Not listed

Criteria for listing: historic interest

Not listed

Evaluation

Disused snecked rubble lime kiln, of possible mid 19th century construction, built into a slight bank and now in poor order.

Nearby in the register

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

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