Pont-y-Dderwen Limekiln, Glamorganshire Canal, Mount Pleasant

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NPRN91520
Map ReferenceST09NE
Grid ReferenceST0811497012
Unitary (Local) AuthorityMerthyr Tydfil
Old CountyGlamorgan
CommunityTreharris
Type Of SiteLIME KILN
PeriodPost Medieval
Description
Now-ruined limekiln built against the towing path of the Glamorganshire Canal (nprn 34425). The bowl measures 2.6m diameter, the edge is 3.0m from edge of towing path and on the same level. Stone face of containing wall is 0.9m north of bowl edge and is 1.6m wide, with evidence of a drawing hole. A dry-stone field boundary wall lies hard against the east side of the kiln and the field to the east is 2.0m lower than the kiln top.
Site visited B.A.Malaws, RCAHMW, 15 May 1978.