Kiln in Saintkierans, County Wexford

What is recorded here

Freestanding two-oven single-stage lime kiln, extant 1840, on a rectangular plan. Now disused. Part creeper- or ivy-covered coursed rubble limestone battered walls with hammered granite flush quoins to corners. Pair of elliptical-headed ovens with cut- or hammered limestone voussoirs centred on cut- or hammered limestone keystones. Set in unkempt grounds on an elevated site with part creeper- or ivy-covered coursed rubble limestone boundary wall to depot having overgrown coping.

A lime kiln representing an important component of the industrial heritage of south County Wexford.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 15704528

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