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
24498
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
12/01/2001
Date of Amendment
12/01/2001
Name of Property
Lime kiln SE of Pwll
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Carmarthenshire
Community
Eglwyscummin
Town
Whitland
Locality
Marros
Easting
221141
Northing
209516
Street Side
Location
Situated on the N side of Marros Mountain some 700m NE of the Church of Saint Lawrence.
Description
Broad Class
Industrial
Period
History
Mid C19 lime kiln, one of several on Marros Mountain.
Exterior
Lime kiln, rubble stone, circular, large scale, some 5 m high. Walling is stepped out at NW, perhaps a rebuilding. Two kiln eyes, open crucible. Kiln-eyes are curved keel-shaped with tall exterior openings with rough-stone triangular heads for which the stones are stepped inward.
Interior
Reason for designation
Included as one of the best surviving examples of the large quarry lime kilns of the area.
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