Lime Kiln, behind 124 Largy Road, Carnlough, Ballymena, Co Antrim is a listed building in the Mid and East Antrim local planning authority area, Northern Ireland.
Lime Kiln, behind 124 Largy Road, Carnlough, Ballymena, Co Antrim
- WRENN ID
- buried-lantern-wagtail
- Grade
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid and East Antrim
- Constituency
- East Antrim MP: Sammy Wilson (DUP)
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Irish grid reference
- D 287 203
- Coordinates
- 55.01388, -5.98781
- Source
- NI Environment Agency listing
Description
This lime kiln is an example of a historically common structure, though it is now derelict. Constructed between 1840 and 1859, it is located on a slight hill behind a farm, beyond Largy Road, in the townland of Highlandtown, near Carnlough, Ballymena, County Antrim. The kiln is built of limestone and basalt rubble and has a square plan. It features two tiers of recessed segmental arches with limestone voussoirs, and a draw hole is visible on the front face. The charging hole at the top is overgrown and fenced off. The kiln is hidden from the main road by surrounding trees. It was built for the small-scale burning of white limestone, reducing it to a rough powder for various uses. The structure appears on an Ordnance Survey map of 1857. It is considered to be of industrial archaeological interest, with its former and current use being recorded as rural industry.
Local climate
Lime Kiln, behind 124 Largy Road, Carnlough, Ballymena, Co Antrim sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,200 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 91% 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 8 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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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