Survey Data
Reg No
30411902
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Technical
Original Use
Kiln
Date
1840 - 1880
Coordinates
88813, 207266
Date Recorded
12/08/2009
Date Updated
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Description
Freestanding limekiln, erected c.1860, comprising square-plan structure with vertical faces of coursed rubble limestone. Limestone retaining arch to seaward side having rubble voussoirs with wrought-iron lintel below and raking-out hole framed by iron and brickwork. Kiln set into slope to facilitate loading of crushed limestone.
Appraisal
This is a rare survival of a lime kiln on the Aran Islands. Its location beside Killeany Harbour would have enabled bagged lime to be transported to other parts of Árainn an the other islands. It is raltively intact and forms a distinctive group with the harbour and the medieval Arkin Castle.