Historic Buildings Record · Northern Ireland
Lime Kiln,
Ardminnan, Ards and North Down, Northern Ireland
The record
- Designation
- Record only (not listed)
- Grade
- Record Only
- Type
- Rural Industry
- Date of construction
- 1840 - 1859
- Address
- Lime Kiln,, Ardminnan,, Portaferry,, Newtownards, Co. Down.
- Townland
- Ardminnan
- Council
- Ards and North Down
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.40450, -5.47583
- Date of survey
- 08 September 1997
- HB reference
- HB24/02/065
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 3 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1794 "Sheet 55. (Cary's England, Wales, and Scotland)." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Department's description
Exterior description and setting
Disused snecked rubble built lime kiln, with red brick dressings to fire area, set on the slope of a hill and now overgrown to the rear.
Historical information
Built possibly in the mid nineteenth century, now disused.
References- Secondary sources
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
Now disused lime kiln, partly overgrown.
Nearby in the register
- South Rock DwellingsHouse - Terraceunder 1 mi
- 15 Newcastle RoadHouseunder 1 mi
- Mount RossHouseunder 1 mi
- St. Patrick’s RC ChurchChurchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.