Lime Kiln on Skomer Island is a Grade II listed building in the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 23 February 1998. Lime kiln.

Lime Kiln on Skomer Island

WRENN ID
frozen-entrance-nightshade
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Pembrokeshire Coast National Park
Constituency
Mid and South Pembrokeshire MP: Henry Tufnell (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
23 February 1998
Type
Lime kiln
Address
Lime Kiln on Skomer Island, Haverfordwest, Marloes and St. Brides
OS grid reference
SM 734 095
Coordinates
51.73863, -5.28338
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The lime kiln on Skomer Island is a square structure, approximately 3 meters high and 6 meters wide, constructed from rubble stone. The northwest side is built into the slope of a hill, while the southwest and northeast sides feature large kiln eyes with tapering sides that support cast-iron lintels. The crucible of the kiln is open.

Local climate

Lime Kiln on Skomer Island 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 96% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 3 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 1 follows at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°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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