Walls and Kilns above Furnace Bank

At the rear of the Furnace bank platform there is a high retaining wall extending for some distance N and S, built of local sandstone rubble. In 1888 and 1906 railway sidings are shown both above and below this retaining wall. On the platform in front of it the charging materials for the furnaces were stored and prepared.

At the N end of the platform there survives a single oval kiln or calcining oven with its access arch facing S to a vaulted space. The pit of this kiln or oven is a cubical space about 1.25 m square.

The limekilns are a set of six. They are built of the local sandstone, with firebrick linings. The front wall is battered, has rounded front corners, and survives to its full height; but the top is inaccessible. The kilns appear not to be bonded to the great retaining wall at the rear. The working arches are all similar, about 3 m in span, of elliptical form and constructed with special voussoir-shaped firebricks. One kiln contains a mass of lime. The interiors are ruinous. At the N side of the kilns is a small bothy for the workers with a doorway and a window.