Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Parc le Breos Limekiln and Quarries
Ilston, Swansea, Wales
A scheduled monument in Ilston, Swansea, recorded as Limekiln (Post Medieval/Modern).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Limekiln
- Period
- Post Medieval/Modern
- Date of designation
- 24 August 1999
- Community
- Ilston
- Unitary authority
- Swansea
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 51.58872, -4.11191
- SAM number
- GM536
- Cadw record number
- 3973
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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)
- 1891 · Sheet 10. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. . (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1897 · 247 Swansea (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1920 · Sheet 100. Llanelly. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- Sheet 7 South Wales (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
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 dates to the mid 19th century and also consists of a charging ramp and nearby quarry faces. It is constructed of rubble stone and is roughly 5m high, with one pot and drawing arch. The hearth has a corbelled back with cast iron lintels. The south flank wall of the kiln slopes up to a flat, low parapet above the drawing arch. The north flank wall returns to the bank with a rounded corner and then slopes downwards. The bowl is lined with firebrick, differentiating it from many kilns in South Wales. The kiln is located on the floor of the dry valley of Parkmill, opposite the Parc le Breos long cairn.
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
- Limekiln at Green CwmIndustrialunder 1 mi
- Parc le Breos Chambered TombChambered Long Cairnunder 1 mi
- Cat Hole CaveCaveunder 1 mi
- Church Hill Romano-British enclosureEnclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.