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Newport Sands
Primary Reference Number (PRN) : 25443 Trust : Dyfed Community : Nevern Unitary authority : Pembrokeshire NGR : SN06133974 Site Type (preferred type first) : POST MEDIEVAL Lime Kiln Status : Pembrokeshire Coast National Park
Summary : When visited the kiln was in the process of restoration. The kiln is built out from a low cliff at the side of the estuary of the river Nevern next to a path along the side of the river. It is semi-circular. At the front it has a double stepped plinth which dies out at the sides. It has triangular drawing hole which preserve eyes. Both drawing holes have ? in the walls some 0.3 -0.4m across x 0.4m deep. The western has preserves on iron fitments. Lime redering of walls remains in places which is being re? by repointing. At the west of the cliff has been cut to form a broad arch cut platform approaching the doorway hole. The top has been re? in places and this is being re? with questionable ? There are three sections of revet? The western is flat at the base with metal slabs at the top. The contral is flat. The eastern again is flat at the base and vertical slabs above, the latter has been rebuilt. The platform has been cleared down to rock during the restoration. On the east, if ? platform cut into the cliff is present, it is overlain by debris. Above this is a natural retaining wall. Behind the kiln proper is a rectangular platform, built to level the top of the kiln with the ground behind for ? P? on htis platform has been revealed by excavtion and is crumbling. The top of the kiln also appears to have been excavated exposing ? which ring the crimble. W? are taking most ? there. The crimble is partly infilled, the sides are crumbling badly. On wonders how much recording had been carried out during the clearance of deposits west of the kiln and prior to repainting. The restoration of the retaining walls is suspect. Also, the exposed across on the top of the kiln are suffering from exposure and should be covered over again. The deposits to the east of the kiln are in charge of ? ? also. Moore-Colger (27, No.18) appears to refer to this kiln but ? describes the drawing arches as rounded. GW. 1996.
Description : THE KILN COMPRISES SLABS AND RUBBLE OF LOCAL ROCK, LAID WITH LIME MORTAR; PORTIONS OF THE KILN RETAIN A LIMEWASH. THE KILN IS VIRTUALLY COMPLETE EXCEPT FOR SOME ROCK COURSES MISSING FROM TH E TOP. TWO STRUCTURAL LEDGES ARE PRESENT ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE KILN, AT HEIGHTS OF .40M AND 1.40M. A POKING HOLE IS PRESENT ABOVE EACH OF THE KILN EYES; THE WESTERN EYE RETAINS A REMNANT OF IRON BAR USED AS A LINTEL. THE EASTERN DRAWING ARCH IS FILLED WITH SEDIMENT THAT SLOPES UP TO THE KILN EYE, OBSCURING THE CONSTRUCTION. IT APPEARS AS THOUGH SEDIMENT AND ROCKS HAVE FILLED THE CHAMBER FROM THE CRUCIBLE THROUGH THE KILN EYE AND POKING HOLE. SOME VITRIFIED ROCK REMAINS IN THE CRUCIBLE; TH E CRUCIBLE COLLAR CONSISTS OF COBBLES AND SMALL SLABS PLACED VERTICALLY AROUND THE OPENING. SLABS OF SLATE/SHALE FORM A WALKWAY ALONG THE TOP.^^IT APPEAR S THAT THE BASE OF A STORAGE STRUCTURE MAY BE PRESENT TO THE EAST AND ADJACENT TO THE KILN. WHAT APPEARS TO BE TH E EASTERN RETAINING WALL MAY ALSO HAVE SERVED AS PART OF THE FOUNDATION FOR A STRUCTURE; A ROCK BASE RUN PERPENDICULAR TO THE RETAINING WALL (N-S).^^THE KILN APPEARS TO BE MISSING ONLY THE TOP COURSES OF ROCK AND THE DRAWING ARCHES ARE IN TACT. THE CRUCIBLE IS PARTIALLY COLLAPSED AND FALLING THROUGH THE POKING HOLES AND KILN EYES. SHRUBS AND GRASSES ARE GROWING OUT OF THE CRUCIBLE, WHICH IS ONLY PARTIALLY FILLED. FOUR CRACKS IN TH E KILN ARE PRESENT ON ITS SOUTH FACE, ONE MAJOR CRACK ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE EAST DRAWING ARCH. IN THREE AREAS, STONES HAVE FALLEN OUT OR BEEN REMOVED. THE LIME MORTAR HAS ERODED AWAY FROM MUCH OF THE EXTERIOR. Brown 1997
Sources :
Hall, J and Sambrook, P , 2011 , NEWPORT HUB HERITAGE AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT AUDIT: PART C1 NEVERN COMMUNITY AUDIT
Brown JL , 1997 , PCNP Limekilns 1997 ,
Brown,J.L , 1997 , The Limekilns within Pembrokeshire Coastal National Park ,
Murphy,K , 1991 ,
Williams,G , 1995 , Cardigan Bay Survey ,
Williams,G , 1995 , Cardigan Bay Survey PRN 30751 ,
Events : 75399 : NEWPORT SANDS, FIELD OBSERVATION, 1991 (year : 1991) 88418 : NEWPORT SANDS, FIELD OBSERVATION, 1997 (year : 1997) 52686 : Archaeological Monitoring of the Intertidal and Coastal Zone, Pembrokeshire, 2004-5 (year : 2004-5) 129731 : Feidr Pen y Bont, Newport, Pembrokeshire (year : 2023)
