Kilgetty Colliery Chimney Base

The stump of the chimney is about 2.5 m square externally and 1.25 m square internally, and rises to a surviving height of about 4.5 m above the ground level of the yard. It is built of rubble sandstone with dressed quoins in a style similar to that of the weighbridge office. The chimney tapers slightly to a height of about 3 m, above which its taper is more gentle. The uppermost surviving parts are roughly broken and covered in ivy. Two arched openings into the base are visible. The opening in the N side is connected to a flue in firebrick which can be traced for several metres along the bank at the E side of the yard, but the nearside wall and the arched top of the flue have disappeared. The flue is about 1 m in height internally above present ground level. This may have been the site of a boiler house. A second aperture in the chimney faces W, above the height at which the main flue joins. This aperture 0.6 m wide by 0.8 m high has a hinged iron access cover and was for servicing the chimney. The chimney is included for group value with the surviving engine house and weighbridge house.