Lime Kiln, behind 114 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 114 Largy Road, Carnlough, Ballymena, Co Antrim
- WRENN ID
- open-chalk-bittern
- Grade
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid and East Antrim
- Constituency
- East Antrim MP: Sammy Wilson (DUP)
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Irish grid reference
- D 286 198
- Coordinates
- 55.00931, -5.99059
- Source
- NI Environment Agency listing
Description
This lime kiln, built of basalt and limestone, is a prominent example of a structure once common in the area. It is set into the hillside behind 114 Largy Road, Carnlough, Ballymena, within the townland of Lemnalary, County Antrim. The structure is on a square plan with a circular charging hole on top, lined with basalt rubble and boulders. A draw hole is located at the bottom of the front face, set within two orders of segmental arches constructed from dressed limestone voussoirs; the inner arch is recessed. The charging hole is partly filled and the draw hole is now blocked. The kiln appears on an Ordnance Survey map of 1857. It was built for the small-scale burning of white limestone, or "chalk”, to produce a rough powder for various uses. While the precise date of construction is unknown, it’s estimated to be between 1840 and 1859. The kiln is readily visible from Largy Road and possesses industrial archaeological interest. It is currently in a derelict state and retains its former use as a rural industry.
Local climate
Lime Kiln, behind 114 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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