tarboat's photos with the keyword: ynys môn

Filled-in pot on the Lledwigan limekilns, Anglesey.

A day out looking at industrial sites on Anglesey included this fine little limekiln in the Community of Llangristiolus, south of Llangefni. It is an early example which probably dates from the late 18th/early 19th century. and has two draw holes facing sw and ne to be used according to the wind conditions. There are some remains of a covered lime yard at the other side of the kiln. There are several kilns surviving in this area and the concentration is probably due to the proximity of coal supplies from the Berw/Malltraeth coalfield just to the south east.

A fairly inaccesible pair of kilns are these on farmland at Lledwigan south of Llangefni. Unusually for a limeworks of this relatively small size, it was connected to the Amlwch branch railway by a long siding with a weighbridge close to the works. In use in 1888 the site was abandoned by 1900 and the rails lifted.

A pair of draw kilns with associated quarry. These were working in 1888 and had a standard gauge railway siding running from the kilns to the Amlwch branch railway. The quarry had a narrow gauge line which ran up an earth incline to feed the kilns. There is also an embankment from the top of the kilns which appears to have carried another narrow gauge line over a bridge across the standard gauge siding into the quarry. By 1900 the kilns were disused and the railway lifted.