Lime Kiln, beside 48 Straidkilly Road, Carnlough, Ballymena, Co Antrim is a listed building in the Mid and East Antrim local planning authority area, Northern Ireland.
Lime Kiln, beside 48 Straidkilly Road, Carnlough, Ballymena, Co Antrim
- WRENN ID
- solitary-trefoil-bracken
- Grade
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid and East Antrim
- Constituency
- East Antrim MP: Sammy Wilson (DUP)
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Irish grid reference
- D 294 164
- Coordinates
- 54.97837, -5.97846
- Source
- NI Environment Agency listing
Description
This lime kiln, located beside 48 Straidkilly Road, Carnlough, Ballymena, County Antrim, is an example of a once-frequently seen structure, now typically found in a derelict or incomplete state. The kiln is a basalt and limestone rubble structure with sloping, battered faces to the front and sides, built into the hillside on a square plan. It contains a circular chamber within. A draw hole is positioned at the base of the front face, formed by three orders of segmental arches, each recessed within the other. The innermost arch is incomplete due to missing voussoirs, which are basalt; the soffits are lime-plastered. The charging hole is partially obscured by vegetation. The kiln appears on an Ordnance Survey map of 1832 and is believed to have been constructed between 1820 and 1839. It was built for the small-scale burning of white limestone, often referred to as chalk, producing a rough powder for various applications. The structure is situated within the garden of a modern bungalow and is visible from the public road. The kiln is recorded as derelict and holds industrial archaeological interest.
Local climate
Lime Kiln, beside 48 Straidkilly 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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