Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Limekiln
Efenechtyd, Denbighshire, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Pont Eyarth, Efenechtyd, Denbighshire, designated on 25 January 1999.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Industrial
- Date of designation
- 25 January 1999
- Locality
- Pont Eyarth
- Community
- Efenechtyd
- Unitary authority
- Denbighshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.08693, -3.30780
- Cadw reference
- 21224
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesLlyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of WalesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1795 map "To Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn Bart ... the map of the six counties of North Wales is most humbly inscribed by his obedient humble servant" (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1795 · To Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn Bart ... the map of the six counties of North Wales is most… (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales)
- 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 · 121 Wrexham (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Located approximately 100m SE of Pont Eyarth towards the eastern boundary of the community; built into a wooded slope adjacent to a disused quarry, set back from the road on the NW side.
History
Limekiln, probably of mid C19 date and sited within a small limestone quarry. A larger, adjacent quarry, to the E, appears to have superseded this, probably later in the C19; the ruins of an engine house which surmount the limekiln probably relate to this secondary phase.
Exterior
Limekiln structure, approximately 5m square and set into a rocky hillslope. Cyclopean construction of rough-dressed limestone blocks, with large kiln eyes to the front and left sides; these are of a maximum height of approximately 1.5m and taper inwards from the base to the top. The top is a flat platform with the crucible filled in and largely grown over.
Set back slightly and surmounting the limekiln are the ruinous walls of a former engine house structure.
Reason for designation
Listed for its special interest as a good C19 limekiln in substantially complete condition; in its association with the quarry, it is a good example of a kiln of industrial character.
Nearby in the register
- Pont Eyarth (partly in Llanfair Dyffryn Clwyd community)Transportunder 1 mi
- Pont EyarthTransportunder 1 mi
- Gatelodge to Eyarth HouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- Eyarth HouseDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.