Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Limekiln Close to S end of Goldborough Pill
Hundleton, Pembrokeshire, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Industrial
- Date of designation
- 29 September 1993
- Locality
- Goldborough
- Community
- Hundleton
- Unitary authority
- Pembrokeshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.67171, -4.97496
- Cadw reference
- 6571
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 1636 "Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ..." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Location
Situated on W side of valley running N to Goldborough Pill, approached by footpath of some 200m from lane.
Exterior
Later C19 lime-kiln of exceptional size, square plan with battered sides and broad kiln-eyes with tapered heads carried on cast-iron lintel bars. Kiln-eyes are some 2m wide and 2.1m high, further iron bars within. Each kiln-eye has two downward pointing iron pintles to each side.
Crucible is broad and lined with engineering brick headers up to set-back rubble stone rim. Rubble stone outer parapet. Earth embankment against W side.
Reason for designation
A large and unusual example of rural lime-kiln construction.
Nearby in the register
- Barn to W of Brownslate FarmhouseAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Brownslate FarmhouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- Cartshed to S of Brownslate Farm,Agriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Range of outbuildings on S side of entry court at Brownslate FarmDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.