Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Limekiln to SE of Maes-Gwyn Lock on Neath Canal
Glynneath, Neath Port Talbot, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Neath, Glynneath, Neath Port Talbot, designated on 28 March 1980.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Industrial
- Date of designation
- 28 March 1980
- Town
- Neath
- Community
- Glynneath
- Unitary authority
- Neath Port Talbot
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.73360, -3.65408
- Cadw reference
- 11843
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1608 map "(13) Cambriae Typus." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1608 · (13) Cambriae Typus. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1636 · Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ... (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1637 · The fourth table of England. Cornub. Devonia, Somerset etc. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. A. Kon: England. b. Frstenthum Wales: Shire: 37-40 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 231 Merthyr Tydfil (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
On the SE side of the Neath Canal some 600m W of Cwmgwrach and approximately 70m E of Maes-gwyn.
History
Late C18 to early C19 limekiln built into the side of a lock platform on the Neath Canal (1791-9).
Exterior
Limekiln, rubble stone, the base of the charging bank on a level with the nearby lock platform on the NW side. One large kiln-eye on the SW side, with segmental arch with dressed stone voussoirs and small rectangular vent to each side. Straight joint to SE of arch with stone rubble walling in front. Overgrown at time of resurvey (September 2003).
Reason for designation
Listed for its special historic interest as a late C18/early C19 canal-side limekiln.
Nearby in the register
- Bridge over Neath Canal at Maes-gwynTransportunder 1 mi
- Remains of Venallt IronworksIronworksunder 1 mi
- Bridge at lock on Neath Canal N of Yscwrfa BridgeTransportunder 1 mi
- Aberpergwm Aqueduct over Neath CanalWater Supply and Drainageunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.