Aberthaw Lime Kilns

[Urban-Warrior]

Visited with myself and Gaz

After a half hour walk and some directions from our friendly security guy from the boys village we came across the old lime kilns.. not much to see but a nice bit of history... be warned keep to the path as it borders the aberthaw power station ash pits.

Hope you enjoyed

Joe

 

[tarboat]

Nice pictures. It's always good to see these kilns. I still find it hard to believe that they used pebbles from the beach. They were opened in December 1888 and the two kilns had a capacity of 300 tons each with an output of 40 tons of burnt lime per day.

 

[Sabtr]

It's always good to see a lime kiln. I have never seen one with a house? stuck between them. They look quite big too. Thanks for posting.

 

[Foxylady]

That's a really nice site. Quite an impressive size and interesting looking buildings.

 

[Engineer]

Aberthaw Lime.

Last time I visited there were "Beware of Snakes" signs everywhere, adders paradise apparently.

 

[cogito]

Where the FUNK is this and how come I've never seen it? lol

I'm guessing it's to the north of the Cement Works?

 

[Engineer]

Where the FUNK is this and how come I've never seen it? lol

I'm guessing it's to the north of the Cement Works?

About here

http://www.flashearth.com/?lat=51.385947&lon=-3.383604&z=19.5&r=0&src=msl

 

[cogito]

Oh right, never really looked down there... Could explain why.

Oh yeah, nearby I've always wondered what the hell this is: http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=abe...529&spn=0.000511,0.001422&t=h&z=20&iwloc=addr

 

[Engineer]

Aberthaw.

Oh right, never really looked down there... Could explain why.

Oh yeah, nearby I've always wondered what the hell this is: http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=abe...529&spn=0.000511,0.001422&t=h&z=20&iwloc=addr

Say's reservoir on the map.

 

[Urban-Warrior]

Say's reservoir on the map.

i do believe thats a lagoon built by the powerstation

 

[Engineer]

Aberthaw.

Still looks like a reservoir to me. The lagoon is further Southeast.

http://atlas.freshlogicstudios.com/?cp=51.38744199590087~-3.385395569510895&style=b&lvl=2

 

[Urban-Warrior]

Still looks like a reservoir to me. The lagoon is further Southeast.

http://atlas.freshlogicstudios.com/?cp=51.38744199590087~-3.385395569510895&style=b&lvl=2

Come to think of it there was a gate down that way with welsh water on it hmmm..

 

[Gazmat]

Worth every last step Joe... My feet did bloody hurt - say nothing about me being a whiner!

Ah, new places are calling mate... lets go explore!

 

[fatdeeman]

Nice pics!

There were snake warnings the last time I went there too!