Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Lime Kiln on Skomer Island
Marloes and St. Brides, Pembrokeshire, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Commercial
- Date of designation
- 23 February 1998
- Locality
- Skomer Island
- Town
- Haverfordwest
- Community
- Marloes and St. Brides
- Unitary authority
- Pembrokeshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.73862, -5.28335
- Cadw reference
- 19406
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 at the E end of the island some 100m from the sea at North Haven.
History
Mid C19 large lime kiln, the best surviving example of the two on Skomer.
Exterior
Square lime kiln some 3m high and 6m wide built of rubble stone. NW side is built into slope of hill and SW and NE sides have large kiln eyes with tapering sides to cast-iron lintels. Crucible is open.
Reason for designation
Listed as a good surviving lime kiln of the region and of historical value in the history of farming on Skomer.
Nearby in the register
- Hut Groups, Cairns & Cliff Castle on Skomer IslandHut Circle Settlementunder 1 mi
- Deer Park Promontory FortPromontory Fort - coastal1 mi
- Deer Park WallGardens, Parks and Urban Spaces2 mi
- Martin's Haven Early Christian Inscribed CrossCross-marked stone2 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.