Full Report for Listed Buildings
The list description is not intended to be a complete inventory of what is listed: it is principally intended to aid identification. By law, the definition of a listed building includes the entire building (i) and any structure or object that is fixed to the said building and ancillary to it and (ii) any other structure or object that forms part of the land and has done so since before 1 July 1948, and was within the curtilage of the building, and ancillary to it, on the date on which said building was first included in the list, or on 1 January 1969, whichever was later.
Date of Designation
10/12/1997
Date of Amendment
10/12/1997
Name of Property
Pair of limekilns at Pickleridge beach.
Unitary Authority
Pembrokeshire
Location
Situated on W side of B4327 opposite S end of Pickleridge beach some 900m N of Dale village.
History
Pair of earlier or mid C19 limekilns on the NW shore of Dale Roads, owned by the Dale Castle estate. Not marked on 1847 Tithe Map, but shown on 1875 O.S. There is one other similar but damaged kiln at Castlebeach Bay.
Exterior
Two rubble stone half-round lime-kilns built into bank and connected by a rubble stone retaining wall. Both have two opposed kiln-eyes with roughly triangular-headed openings, slab lintels, and stonework corbelled inwards and downwards to hearth. Crucibles not accessible and both kilns heavily overgrown (1997).
Reason for designation
A pair of earlier C19 limekilns, included as part of the agricultural history of this coastal region.
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