Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Pincheston Quarry Limekiln
Carew, Pembrokeshire, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Agriculture and Subsistence
- Date of designation
- 6 February 1997
- Locality
- Pincheston
- Town
- Tenby
- Community
- Carew
- Unitary authority
- Pembrokeshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.69431, -4.80133
- Cadw reference
- 18212
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 1636 "Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ..." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Location
Opposite Pincheston Quarry, on the E side of a minor lane S of the A477 and 500 m E of Sageston village.
History
A large limekiln probably built c.1800. On the Tithe map (1840) the site is called 'the Knap', and it is evidently a detached corner of the field on the opposite side of the lane called 'the Baulk'. In the latter was Pincheston limestone quarry.
In an agreement dated 1806 Michael Llewhellin was granted the use on the kiln, in wording which suggests he had just built it. He was to pay £15 per annum and received permission to employ no more than two men quarrying and two men working the kiln. (If he wished to employ more men he would be obliged to build a second kiln.)
Exterior
A large kiln of rubble limestone, about 4 m in height. The kiln is of the usual local semi-circular type but irregular. A ramp leads up from the S. The openings are at the N and the SE. Beside the latter opening is a rough semi-circular buttress. Over the N opening the masonry is raised to a point in the manner of a gable, suggesting there was a large shed adjoining. The bowl of the kiln has been completely filled with recent tipping.
Reason for designation
Listed as a well-preserved kiln of early C19 type, with some signs of an adjacent building and a documented history.
Nearby in the register
- Sadgeston Hall and GranaryDomesticunder 1 mi
- Bartlett's WellWater Supply and Drainageunder 1 mi
- Round Barrow 110m S W of the HoylesRound Barrowunder 1 mi
- Park CampRath1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.