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Kiln in Oyster Island

Kiln
Kiln in Oyster Island
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Detached limestone lime-burning kiln, built c. 1900, now ruinous. Square plan. Uncoursed rubble walling, squared rubble quoins. Segmental-headed fuel opening, splayed jambs to firebox aperture. Infilled with rubble, grassed-over, close to high-water mark on north shore of Oyster Island.
This fine lime kiln was built to supply lime for the construction of the lighthouse and cottages on Oyster Island, as such it is an artefact of industrial heritage significance and, although now long disused and partly reclaimed by the landscape, enhances the historic significance of Oyster Island. It is also a reminder of how once limeburning was one of the basic processes in all building work.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 32304001

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