Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Minera Hoffman Limekiln
Minera, Wrexham, Wales
A scheduled monument in Minera, Wrexham, recorded as Limekiln (Post Medieval/Modern).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Limekiln
- Period
- Post Medieval/Modern
- Date of designation
- 19 October 1995
- Community
- Minera
- Unitary authority
- Wrexham
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 53.05978, -3.11117
- SAM number
- DE235
- Cadw record number
- 3805
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 1588 map "Ortelius, Abraham: Theatro De La Tierra Universal. 0" (Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Munich).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1588 · Ortelius, Abraham: Theatro De La Tierra Universal. 0 (Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Munich)
- 1608 · (13) Cambriae Typus. (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
Summary description and reason for designation
The following provides a general description of the Scheduled Ancient Monument.
The monument consists of the remains of a limekiln, in which lime is made by calcining limestone. The kiln is of the Hoffman type and measures 80m long with a continuous tunnel accessible formerly through 24 entrance archways. A smoke chamber survives at the top level at the south end and stoke holes and flues are apparent throughout.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of industrial manufacturing processes. It retains significant archaeological potential, with a strong probability of the presence of associated archaeological features and deposits. The structure itself may be expected to contain archaeological information concerning chronology and building techniques. A lime kiln may be part of a larger cluster of monuments and their importance can further enhanced by their group value.
The scheduled area comprises the remains described and areas around them within which related evidence may be expected to survive.
Nearby in the register
- Bank of Six Vertical Limekilns at Minera QuarryLimekilnunder 1 mi
- Atcherley Lime KilnsIndustrialunder 1 mi
- Esclusham Mountain Cairn, MineraRound Cairnunder 1 mi
- Ty HirDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.