What is recorded here
Freestanding circular-profile rubble stone and red brick chimneystack, built c.1860, now disused. Set upon square base. Tapering shaft with oversailing red brick string courses to upper red brick stage. Ruinous remains of associated building to east. Set within disused slate quarry.
This chimney was originally part of Benduff Slate Quarry. Although now disused this chimney maintains much of its original form and character. Fine stone and brick craftsmanship is evident throughout and it maintains its status as a prominent landmark in the surrounding landscape.
From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 20913410
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- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Superbass, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Aaro Koskinen, Wikimedia Commons · Attribution
- A.-K. D., Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Gordon Hatton, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Wsiegmund, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.5
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