Limekilns, Crichton, Pathead

The limekilns at Crichton, Pathead, date from the later 18th century and are designed in an L-plan. The structure is built from random rubble with dressed stone used for the long and short quoins. It features two stone-lined flues and four draw holes.

On the southwest elevation, the projecting kiln has a semi-circular rubble drawhole at the center. To the left, there is a blind return next to an earth mound, while a semi-circular rubble drawhole is located in the right return at the re-entrant angle. The structure has a shared flue at the top, along with a segmental rubble drawhole off-center to the right and another semi-circular rubble drawhole in the right return, also with a shared flue at the top. An earth access mound is situated at the rear of the structure.

Adjacent to the kiln are two rectangular office buildings that are joined together, along with a separate U-shaped roofless building to the northeast. These office buildings are constructed from random rubble and feature doors and irregular window openings on the northeast side, with a rear door on the left. The buildings are now unglazed and roofless, having previously had a pitched grey slate roof with metal ridging.