Completion of the Llanymynech Limeworks Heritage Project
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The conservation, restoration and interpretation of the Llanymynech Limeworks Heritage Area has now been completed after 2 years of preparation, 3 years of delivery and £900,000 of Heritage Lottery and other funders’ money.
The Hoffmann lime kiln now has a roof, the inclines and their drum houses are clearly visible and many accessible paths with benches have been created. The story of the site has been vividly told through panels, sculptures and strategically placed artefacts. There is also a well equipped education room – the former stables – with a demonstration lime kiln attached. A well used permanent orienteering course has been established with the help of Wrekin Orienteers.
The project has had a strong community component. Community Project Officer Peter Dunhill, whose job finishes at the end of February, has successfully engaged with local people to undertake community archaeological investigations, building work, exhibitions and events including the spectacular ‘In the Limelight’ – a community play with a cast of 80.
Contact the Llanymynech Countryside Ranger for further information about the site and LLIMEYS – Friends of the Llanymynech Limeworks Heritage Area. The LLIMEYS have run a number of family events and are looking forward to the popular Llanymynech Discovery Day on Sunday May 17 2009.
The community is now looking forward to the full restoration of the Montgomery canal and the extension of the Cambrian Railway Trusts stretch of track which will eventually reach Oswestry.
If you haven’t visited the Heritage Area do so – you will find a canal, industrial remains, quarries (good climbing), amazing limestone grasslands (great wild orchids, peregrine falcons), the Offas Dyke path, geology and stunning views…. And the pubs are good too!