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Mount Pleasant Lime Works

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Mount Pleasant Lime Works
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Detached former lime kiln, built c. 1830, no longer in use. Irregular plan. Random rubble uncoursed stone walling. Triple arches, red brick surrounds, to west elevation for lime production; square-headed window and door openings to north elevation with red brick surrounds. Random rubble stone auxiliary structures to north with pitched and hipped slate and corrugated-iron roofing. Situated in overgrown site off main road.
Mount Pleasant Lime works is a large complex of industrial building. The lime kilns are a reminder of a bygone era and though no longer used, this complex is important to the architectural and industrial heritage of County Louth as it is a great example of engineering ingenuity.

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