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Limekilns East of Cincoed is a post-medieval and modern industrial monument located in Wales. The site exploits the substantial limestone deposits of the Dinantian bedrock that underlies the area, a formation dating to the Mississippian period and comprising limestone interbedded with subordinate sandstone and argillaceous rocks. This geology made the location ideal for lime production, as the local limestone could be quarried and burned to produce quicklime and slaked lime for use in agriculture, building mortar and plaster, and chemical industries.
The kiln structures visible today represent the technological development of lime-burning from the post-medieval period through the modern era. Limekilns of this type typically comprised a firing chamber, often built into a slope to facilitate loading from above, with an opening at the base for withdrawal of the burnt lime. The site's proximity to exploitable limestone deposits and likely good transport links made it economically viable as a commercial operation.
The monument is protected by Cadw, the Welsh Historic Monuments service, under reference CM275, recognising its significance as evidence of Wales's industrial heritage and the long history of resource extraction and processing in the region. The limekilns testify to the importance of lime production to local and regional economies and to the technical skills involved in managing the firing process and extracting useful products from local geology.
Limekilns East of Cincoed is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference CM275. View the official record →
Limekilns East of Cincoed is a post-medieval and modern industrial monument located in Wales. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference CM275.
Limekilns East of Cincoed dates from the post medieval/modern period, and is classified as a limekiln. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Limekilns East of Cincoed is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Cadw — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Wales. The official designation reference is CM275.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Group of Burnt Mounds 300m SSW of Cilcoll Farm (2.8 km), Banc Crucorford round cairn (2.9 km), Tir-y-Dail Motte and Bailey Castle (5.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Limekilns East of Cincoed'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.
Limekilns East of Cincoed stands on Dinantian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Mississippian. The rock here is limestone with subordinate sandstone and argillaceous rocks.