Lime kiln in Carrickashedoge, County Monaghan

What is recorded here

Lime kiln in Carrickashedoge has a carefully dressed stone fire opening and a top lost under the greenery. After a career roasting limestone, it's retired as a hedge. Don't point out the doorway; you'll only get it asked to do one last batch.

Square-plan rubble stone lime kiln, built c.1880, set into rock-face to rear (east). No longer in use. Comprises battered snecked dressed stone walls with cut-stone quoins and segmental-arch fire opening with cut-stone voussoirs. Recent concrete blockwork to north side of opening. Single-storey ancillary structure to north.

This lime kiln is constructed of rubble stone but with fined dressings to its quoins and arch. Built into a rock-face, the kiln was constructed to supply lime for construction. Its distinctive features remain largely intact however the upper level is concealed by overgrowth. Lime kilns are notable structures of industrial archaeology and represent the material culture and technology of previous generations within the area. Its location to the south of Saint Patrick's Church give it prominence.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 41403405

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