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.
Summary Description
Reference Number
24448
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
04/12/2000
Date of Amendment
04/12/2000
Name of Property
Lime Kiln on bank above Grove Caravan Park
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Carmarthenshire
Community
Pendine
Town
Carmarthen
Locality
Green Bridge
Easting
222475
Northing
208828
Street Side
Location
Situated in a wood above and to the E of Grove Caravan Park. There are two lime kilns in the wood and this is the one to the E.
Description
Broad Class
Industrial
Period
History
Mid C19 lime-kiln, one of two in the woodland, associated with nearby limestone quarrying.
Exterior
Lime kiln, rubble stone, large scale, roughly square in plan, some 5m high, built into bank. Two kiln eyes, one roughly keel shaped with stones stepped to steep triangular head, the other with a lower broad opening with cut stone voussoirs and keystone. Crucible filled in.
Interior
Reason for designation
Included as a well-preserved large quarry limekiln, indicative of the importance of the industry to Marros Mountain and environs.
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