Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Lime-kiln at Wallog
Tirymynach, Ceredigion, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Industrial
- Date of designation
- 12 November 1997
- Locality
- Wallog
- Town
- Aberystwyth
- Community
- Tirymynach
- Unitary authority
- Ceredigion
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.45089, -4.07655
- Cadw reference
- 19073
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 1830 "V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. A. Kon: England. b. Frstenthum Wales: Shire: 37-40" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Location
Situated on sea shore some 100m SW of Wallog, approached by long drive running W off B4572 1.5 km N of Clarach.
History
Earlier C19 large lime-kiln. One of many kilns around the W Wales coast which processed lime for agriculture and building, from limestone shipped from the southern parts of Wales. Shown on the Tithe Map of 1847, but not on the O.S. Map of 1823. Repair work under way 1997.
Exterior
Large squat rectangular lime-kiln, with 3 open sides, built into sloping ground with loading access at the rear. Coursed Wallog rubble-stone, with some coarsely dressed stone, each side similar with battered wall, corbelled coping and centre arched openings to kiln-eyes. Cut stone voussoirs to arches with keystones and raised outer arch rings. Kiln-eyes are barrel-vaulted within, splayed down to furnace openings. Inner furnace area is fire-brick. Top is now grass-covered, and the centre crucible is infilled with loose stone and debris. Large non-dressed coping-stones around the rim.
Reason for designation
A particularly fine and well-preserved example of a type of structure once common along the W Wales coasts. Of regional industrial archaeological importance.
Nearby in the register
- Rhoscellan FawrDomesticunder 1 mi
- Crow's Nest, No 4 The CrossDomestic1 mi
- No 3 The CrossDomestic1 mi
- No 2 The CrossDomestic1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.