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Llanymynech Hoffmann lime kiln Lime kilns and chimney Reconstructed tramway Sculpture at Llanymynech Heritage Area. Llanymynech Heritage Area is an historic former lime kiln, quarry and industrial site near the village of Llanymynech, Shropshire in the Welsh Marches. The site is adjacent to the A483 road and close to the Montgomery Canal.
Lime kiln, Willy Spahn Park in Hannover Lime kiln and chimney at Llanymynech Heritage Area, Shropshire photo: John M, geograph.org.uk The Hoffmann kiln is a series of batch process kilns . Hoffmann kilns are the most common kiln used in production of bricks and some other ceramic products.
The area was once important for the manufacture of lime, and seven groups of lime kilns are listed, together with the much larger Hoffmann Kiln and its chimney. In Llanymynech is a listed pair of houses, a public house, and a church together with a pair of gate piers , and a memorial in the churchyard.
At their prime, Pant and Llanymynech had a tramway from the mines down to various kilns in the villages. Pant's state-of-the-art kilns by the Montgomery Canal were used for only a short period after which they were superseded by the more efficient hoffman kiln at Llanymynech.
McSkimming Hoffman Kiln Category 1 Benhar Road, Benhar: c. 1894: 1990 5179 The only Hoffmann kiln in New Zealand to retain its chimney and original appearance. The brickworks were closed after a major fire in 1990. A demolition of the kiln's chimney was halted by locals, and later protected by a heritage order. [58] Willowmeade Homestead Category 1
Using this money, the company erected a "Hoffmann kiln". Originally destined for brickmaking, it was soon converted to limeburning. This kiln still exists and is one of three that were purpose-built for lime burning left in the UK: another is located at Langcliffe in Yorkshire, another is located at Llanymynech Limeworks.
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Llanymynech Hill is now the site of Llanymynech Golf Club perched on top of the cliffs, whose 18-hole course is the only one in Europe [15] to straddle a country border, being partly in England and partly in Wales. The village is home to one of only three remaining Hoffmann kilns in the British Isles
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