Concrete kiln at former Ballycarry Lime Works, Shore Road, Ballycarry, Larne, Co Antrim is a listed building in the Mid and East Antrim local planning authority area, Northern Ireland.
Concrete kiln at former Ballycarry Lime Works, Shore Road, Ballycarry, Larne, Co Antrim
- WRENN ID
- errant-footing-gorse
- Grade
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid and East Antrim
- Constituency
- East Antrim MP: Sammy Wilson (DUP)
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Irish grid reference
- J 454 935
- Coordinates
- 54.76897, -5.74089
- Source
- NI Environment Agency listing
Description
This is a 20th-century concrete lime kiln, constructed between 1940 and 1959, representing a modern departure from the traditional masonry-built kilns of the 18th and 19th centuries. The kiln consists of an in-situ reinforced concrete base of a circular form, topped by a cylindrical steel flue and then a square brick flue with a concrete cap. It is located in the townland of Forthill. The site was initially a quarry, appearing on Ordnance Survey maps in 1902. It was named Ballycarry Lime Works by 1921, although the kiln itself was not depicted on maps until 1965. The structure stands within a grassy field, built into the hillside and partially screened by bushes. While not formally listed, it is considered to have industrial archaeological interest and is currently in use for rural industry, although previously recorded as derelict.
Local climate
Concrete kiln at former Ballycarry Lime Works, Shore Road, Ballycarry, 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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