Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Lime kiln SE of Pwll
Eglwyscummin, Carmarthenshire, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Marros, Whitland, Eglwyscummin, Carmarthenshire, designated on 12 January 2001.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Industrial
- Date of designation
- 12 January 2001
- Locality
- Marros
- Town
- Whitland
- Community
- Eglwyscummin
- Unitary authority
- Carmarthenshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.75570, -4.59280
- Cadw reference
- 24498
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1608 map "(13) Cambriae Typus." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1608 · (13) Cambriae Typus. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1636 · Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ... (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1637 · The fourth table of England. Cornub. Devonia, Somerset etc. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. A. Kon: England. b. Frstenthum Wales: Shire: 37-40 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Sheet 10. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. . (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Situated on the N side of Marros Mountain some 700m NE of the Church of Saint Lawrence.
History
Mid C19 lime kiln, one of several on Marros Mountain.
Exterior
Lime kiln, rubble stone, circular, large scale, some 5 m high. Walling is stepped out at NW, perhaps a rebuilding. Two kiln eyes, open crucible. Kiln-eyes are curved keel-shaped with tall exterior openings with rough-stone triangular heads for which the stones are stepped inward.
Reason for designation
Included as one of the best surviving examples of the large quarry lime kilns of the area.
Nearby in the register
- The War Memorial, MarrosReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Church of Saint LawrenceReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Churchyard Cross in churchyard of Church of Saint LawrenceReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Lime Kiln on bank above Grove Caravan ParkIndustrialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.