Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Lime Kiln at Mwnt
Y Ferwig, Ceredigion, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Mwnt, Y Ferwig, Ceredigion, designated on 6 March 1995.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Industrial
- Date of designation
- 6 March 1995
- Locality
- Mwnt
- Community
- Y Ferwig
- Unitary authority
- Ceredigion
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.13483, -4.63995
- Cadw reference
- 15866
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)
- 1637 · Particular description of Wales. Cambria seu Wallia (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)
- 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 193 Cardigan (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Situated above and to the S of Mwnt beach.
History
Early C19 lime kiln, the surviving one of three at Mwnt marked on 1839/40 Tithe Map.
Exterior
Early C19 circular rubblestone lime kiln built into bank. One tall kiln eye on N side, triangular and tapering within. Partly infilled crucible.
Reason for designation
Listed as a good example of a lime kiln of this area.
Nearby in the register
- Church of the Holy CrossReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Churchyard of the Church of the Holy CrossReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Crug Farmhouse Crug FarmDomestic1 mi
- Crug-Bychan Round BarrowRound Barrow1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.