What is recorded here
Freestanding coursed rubble stone limekiln, c.1800, with stone stone dressed voussoirs above kiln furnace. Now disused. Stepped buttresses to either side of kiln furnace and stone stringcourse above kiln opening. Corbelled stones line back of kiln furnace. Loading shoot to the back of the façade of the kiln with protective covering. Limekiln situated on the side of the road in the Slieve Bloom Mountains.
This limekiln survives in good condition and acts as a reminder of the industrial heritage of the area.
From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 14937001
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- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Zepherb, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
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