Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Lime-Kiln between Coastal Slope & The Beach
Mathry, Pembrokeshire, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Industrial
- Date of designation
- 29 April 1993
- Locality
- Abercastle/Abercastell
- Community
- Mathry
- Unitary authority
- Pembrokeshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.95973, -5.12767
- Cadw reference
- 12941
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1608 "(13) Cambriae Typus." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Location
Situated on SW side of Abercastle Harbour.
History
Last survivor of four kilns at Abercastle, shown on map in 1815 map book of Bishops of St Davids in National Library of Wales. On slope above were remains of lime-burners hut.
Exterior
Early C19 circular lime kiln in rubble stone with two tall opposed kiln-eyes and circular top opening to crucible. Kiln eyes are of typical Dewisland type with short straight sides and long tapering triangular heads. Rubble embanking wall each side.
Nearby in the register
- Abercastle Mill/Felin AbercastellIndustrialunder 1 mi
- Telephone Call-box opposite Abercastle MillCommunicationsunder 1 mi
- Ynys y CastellPromontory Fort- coastalunder 1 mi
- Carreg Samson Burial ChamberChambered Tombunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.