Proleek Lime Works, kiln in County Louth

What is recorded here

Proleek Lime Works in Proleek Acres has castle battlements and a bell tower for the business of burning limestone. That’s fierce dressing up for work. You’d arrive with a cart of stone and wonder whether you should have brought a dowry.

Detached stone former lime kiln, dated 1848. Irregular plan. Squared-and-snecked stone walling, crenellated parapet, bellcote to west, red brick dressings. Segmental-headed door openings to east, red brick arch; round-headed kiln opening to west elevation, date plaque reading "1848", inscriptions illegible. Lime works situated in open field.

The survival of this large and imposing lime works is a reminder of the process by which lime, one of the primary constituents of historic mortars, was made. Though built for industrial processes the applied to the structure, such as the crenellated parapet and bell tower, can not be over-looked. Proleek Lime Works is a significant site within Louth and an important piece of the industrial heritage of the county.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 13900417

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