Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Date of Designation
31/01/2002
Date of Amendment
31/01/2002
Name of Property
Lime Kilns
Unitary Authority
Flintshire
Location
On Halkyn Mountain, approximately 0.7km E of Rhes-y-cae village on the N side of a minor road between Rhes-y-cae and Halkyn. A quarry is on the E side of the kilns.
History
Built after a lease to open a small limestone quarry was obtained by Robert Jones in 1879. The quarry is on the E side of the kilns.
Exterior
A pair of rubble stone kilns set within a quarried-out depression. The kilns face W, have stone W and S walls, while the N and E sides are built into a bank (with quarried face exposed to the E). The segmental draw arches are of brick. The L-hand (N) kiln has a collapsed draw hole, while the draw arch of the R-hand kiln is almost completely infilled. The kilns are both brick lined, but infilled and partly collapsed.
Reason for designation
Listed for industrial archaeological interest as rare surviving, prominently located kilns, representing an important local industry.
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