The one at Templemary in north Cork is a good example of how these structures were engineered to work with the land rather than against it. Built directly into a natural slope, the kiln used the gradient to allow labourers to tip raw limestone into the top of the funnel from behind while the processed lime was drawn out from the arched opening at the front, a neatly gravity-assisted workflow that avoided a great deal of unnecessary lifting.

The structure itself is substantial. Its outer walls are random-rubble limestone, the common building style of the region, encasing the working core of the kiln. At the front, the elevation rises to around 5.5 metres, where a formal arched recess of cut stone frames the draw-hole, with a second, lower inner arch set behind it. This double-arch arrangement helped manage heat and airflow during firing. The brick-lined funnel at the centre, roughly 2.25 metres in diameter at its base, has since collapsed, and the rear of the outer recess has gone with it. An earthen ramp at the back, now heavily overgrown, is what remains of the loading approach where carts or workers would have brought fuel and raw stone up to the kiln's mouth.