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Chimney is a surviving stone stack located at the site of Knocknadona quarry near Lisburn, Northern Ireland. The structure stands as evidence of the quarrying operations that once exploited the Palaeogene extrusive rocks underlying this landscape, formed from ancient mafic lavas and tuffs laid down during the volcanic activity of the Paleogene period. The chimney would have served the machinery and steam-powered equipment essential to nineteenth or early twentieth-century quarrying and stone-working activities in the district.
The monument is protected by the Historic Environment Division under reference 16607, recognising its significance as an industrial heritage feature. Chimneys of this type, constructed from locally quarried stone, were fundamental components of quarrying sites across Northern Ireland and Britain, providing ventilation and draught for the engines that powered pumps, crushers and hoisting gear. Their survival is often limited, as many were demolished after quarries closed or fell into disuse.
Today, the Knocknadona chimney remains a tangible link to the region's industrial past and to the exploitation of its distinctive geological resources. The underlying Palaeogene volcanic bedrock, which forms the basis of the landscape, was the very material that justified the establishment of the quarry and the erection of this industrial monument.
Chimney (associated with knocknadona quarry) is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 16607. View the official record →
Chimney is a surviving stone stack located at the site of Knocknadona quarry near Lisburn, Northern Ireland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 16607.
Chimney (associated with knocknadona quarry) is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Ni. The official designation reference is 16607.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Lime kilns (5no. associated with knocknadona quarry (0.1 km), Brookhill house demesne. motte & ?bailey (1.9 km), Raf long kesh. bellman hangars, airfield & wwii defensive features including pillbox and blast shelters, [dhp.no.71] (4.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Chimney (associated with knocknadona quarry)'s history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Chimney (associated with knocknadona quarry) stands on Unnamed Extrusive Rocks, Palaeogene, bedrock that formed in the Paleogene. The rock here is mafic lava and mafic tuff.