Lime Kiln, behind 26 Galdanagh Road, Carnlough, Ballymena, Co Antrim is a listed building in the Mid and East Antrim local planning authority area, Northern Ireland.
Lime Kiln, behind 26 Galdanagh Road, Carnlough, Ballymena, Co Antrim
- WRENN ID
- scattered-loggia-bistre
- Grade
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid and East Antrim
- Constituency
- East Antrim MP: Sammy Wilson (DUP)
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Irish grid reference
- D 280 151
- Coordinates
- 54.96725, -6.00104
- Source
- NI Environment Agency listing
Description
The lime kiln is a limestone rubble structure built on a rectangular plan, set into a hillside overlooking the Glencloy River within a field. It is now derelict and incomplete. The structure is marked by bounding walls made of limestone rubble, with two openings across the front face, also in a ruinous state. These openings have twin arched features: a semi-circular red brick arch recessed within a larger semi-circular arch of limestone voussoirs. One recess contains a draw hole which remains closed, and the other has a draw hole that is broken open through its brick arch, revealing a circular charging hole lined with basalt rubble and open at the top, with a tree growing from it. Access to the charging holes from above is prevented by extensive overgrowth. The kiln, likely dating from between 1820 and 1839, appears on an Ordnance Survey map of 1832. It was built for the small-scale burning of white limestone, or chalk, to produce a rough powder for various uses, and the dip in which it stands was originally a quarry. The site is privately owned and noted for its industrial archaeological interest.
Local climate
Lime Kiln, behind 26 Galdanagh Road, Carnlough, Ballymena, Co Antrim sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,050 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 10 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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