Lime Kilns, Waterfall Road, Carnlough, Ballymena, Co Antrim is a listed building in the Mid and East Antrim local planning authority area, Northern Ireland. First listed on 25 June 1979.
Lime Kilns, Waterfall Road, Carnlough, Ballymena, Co Antrim
- WRENN ID
- veiled-bronze-owl
- Grade
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid and East Antrim
- Constituency
- East Antrim MP: Sammy Wilson (DUP)
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Date first listed
- 25 June 1979
- Irish grid reference
- D 281 182
- Coordinates
- 54.99532, -5.99808
- Source
- NI Environment Agency listing
Description
The site at Waterfall Road, Carnlough, was formerly the location of lime kilns built between 1840 and 1859 by the Marchioness of Londonderry. These kilns were constructed of white limestone and contained several kilns within semi-circular arched openings, arranged in receding tiers. Two tapering brick flues originally served the kilns; by 1970 one had been demolished, followed by another by 1980. The remainder of the structure was cleared away by 1989. The kilns were designed for commercial lime crushing and burning, but were only in use for a short period before being superseded by a different process. The structure included cylindrical uprights built of white limestone with some blackstone and brick. The site is now vacant, and the kilns were delisted on February 8th, 1990. The remains of the kilns represent a notable example of industrial archaeology.
Local climate
Lime Kilns, Waterfall 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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