Limekiln at the south-west of Castle Quarry is a Grade II listed building in the Carmarthenshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 5 February 1999. Kiln.
Limekiln at the south-west of Castle Quarry
- WRENN ID
- sheer-rampart-mallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Carmarthenshire
- Constituency
- Llanelli MP: Dame Nia Griffith (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 5 February 1999
- Type
- Kiln
- Address
- Limekiln at the south-west of Castle Quarry, Garn-Fawr, Llanelli, Gorslas
- OS grid reference
- SN 533 149
- Coordinates
- 51.81381, -4.12887
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The limekiln, located to the south-west of Castle Quarry, is a Grade II listed structure built from uncoursed limestone rubble. It is positioned away from the road, with a straight front featuring two working archways side by side, separated by a stone pier that is less than a metre wide. The kiln extends from higher ground, with a sunken cartway in front flanked by high banks. Each access archway measures about 3 metres in length and has neat semicircular vaults with a span of approximately 2.5 metres, constructed in rubble stonework. The low working openings are angled inwards, allowing entry to the kiln at about 90 degrees apart. The top of the kiln is overgrown, but a depression suggests it has an internal diameter of about 4 metres at the top.
Local climate
Limekiln at the south-west of Castle Quarry sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,390 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 97% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 follow 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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