Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Pair of Lime Kilns at Ffrith Quarry
Llanfynydd, Flintshire, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Industrial
- Date of designation
- 23 February 1998
- Locality
- Ffrith
- Community
- Llanfynydd
- Unitary authority
- Flintshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.09363, -3.07427
- Cadw reference
- 19388
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 c0.75km from Ffrith reached from footpaths leading SW from the B5101.
History
Probably constructed mid or earlier C19; the size and position of the kilns suggests that they were geared to large-scale industrial use.
Exterior
Roughly squared and coursed limestone with brick lining. Pair of large square-plan lime kilns linked by a central buttress with central arched entrance. Each kiln has a central splayed opening with a semicircular head. The kilns are c13m in height and c5m deep.
Reason for designation
Listed as a substantial pair of large well-preserved lime kilns.
Nearby in the register
- Trimley Hall BarnAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Trimley HallDomesticunder 1 mi
- Ffrith Roman SiteSettlementunder 1 mi
- Pont Newydd y FfrithTransportunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.