No 4 Craiglas Lime Kiln

Craiglas Lime Kilns and Walled Enclosure

All four kilns are built into a bank and connected by rubble stone walls supporting the bank. The kilns are of rubble stone approximately 4m high and are, unusually, rectangular in shape. All have open crucibles in poor condition. Kiln 1 ( from the SW) is approximately 7m deep and 8m wide. It has three tall kiln eyes, triangular and tapering within, 2.5m high at the front and 2m deep. The walled bank extends NE approximately 9m to kiln 2. This is similar in size to kiln 1 with similar kiln eyes but has rough rubble stone buttresses on each side of the W corner. The walled bank extends NE approximately 7m to kiln 3. This is similar to kiln 1 but has a rough rubble stone buttress on the NW side of the W corner. It also shares a large kiln eye with kiln 4 as they are only 1m apart. Kiln 4 is smaller that the other three being only 5m wide. It has a rough rubble stone buttress on the NE side of the N corner.

To the SE of kiln 1 is a walled enclosure built of rubble stone approximately 10m by 10m and 3m high. The wall is 0.5m thick and has a large gate of spear-headed iron railings on the NE side.

There are a number of stone and timber structures on the beach which may have acted as quays or shelters for the boats unloading lime.