Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Colwell Grove Limekiln and Quarry, Tintern
Wye Valley, Monmouthshire, Wales
A scheduled monument in Wye Valley, Monmouthshire, recorded as Limekiln (Post Medieval/Modern).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Limekiln
- Period
- Post Medieval/Modern
- Date of designation
- 15 May 2000
- Community
- Wye Valley
- Unitary authority
- Monmouthshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 51.69448, -2.67675
- SAM number
- MM290
- Cadw record number
- 3976
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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)
- 1895 · Sheet 11. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1897 · 250 Chepstow (Outline) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1905 · 250 Chepstow (Hills) (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 limekiln is a Wye Valley type dating to the early 19th century and has two drawing arches to the front, fed by a single pot. The remains include trackways, ramps, walls and quarry.
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
- Milestone 300m south of Tintern AbbeyTransportunder 1 mi
- St Anne's HouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- Tintern Abbey, Precinct WallWallunder 1 mi
- Tintern AbbeyAbbeyunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.