Lime kilns behind, 2 Ballylumford Road, Islandmagee, Larne, Co Antrim is a listed building in the Mid and East Antrim local planning authority area, Northern Ireland.
Lime kilns behind, 2 Ballylumford Road, Islandmagee, Larne, Co Antrim
- WRENN ID
- heavy-wall-myrtle
- Grade
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid and East Antrim
- Constituency
- East Antrim MP: Sammy Wilson (DUP)
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Irish grid reference
- D 438 003
- Coordinates
- 54.8303, -5.76299
- Source
- NI Environment Agency listing
Description
These lime kilns, built between 1840 and 1859, represent a once-common type of industrial structure, though now typically derelict. The kilns are constructed from limestone and basalt rubble, forming a rectangular structure with four kiln openings on their south face. Each opening is framed by a rough limestone segmental outer arch and blackened brickwork for the inner arch. A portion of the parapet is missing, and the structure is now derelict. Situated in a rural location near the coastline, they are accessed by a track leading off the main road. The kilns were built for burning white limestone, or chalk, to produce a rough powder for various uses. They first appear on an Ordnance Survey map dated 1857. Records indicate the site’s industrial archaeological interest, although it is not formally listed. The kilns are located within the townland of Ballydown and remain in private ownership. References include the 1857 Ordnance Survey map of County Antrim and W.A. McCutcheon’s The Industrial Archaeology of Northern Ireland.
Local climate
Lime kilns behind, 2 Ballylumford Road, Islandmagee, Larne, Co Antrim sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,090 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 88% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 5 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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- No sale records on file
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