Survey Data
Reg No
22206206
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Technical
Original Use
Kiln
Date
1800 - 1840
Coordinates
225950, 142692
Date Recorded
21/06/2005
Date Updated
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Description
Double limekiln built into limestone outcrop at quarry, comprising two openings, larger situated on elevated site, built c. 1800, and smaller further recessed into outcrop, built c. 1820, both now disused. Random rubble and roughly coursed dressed limestone walls. Dressed limestone voussoirs to earlier elliptical-arched opening with rubble stone string course, with cut limestone voussoirs and setback to later adjacent round-headed opening.
Appraisal
The staggered construction of this unusual double limekiln suggests that this site expanded to become an important centre of industry in the Ballylusky area. Their survival is a rare and important legacy of a period of huge agricultural and industrial expansion in Ireland.