Survey Data

Reg No

20903105


Rating

Regional


Categories of Special Interest

Architectural, Technical


Original Use

Kiln


Date

1780 - 1820


Coordinates

140274, 99505


Date Recorded

07/11/2006


Date Updated

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Description

Freestanding double-arch lime kiln, built c. 1800, with rubble sandstone walls and segmental-arched openings with dressed sandstone voussoirs. Now disused. Set into hill.

Appraisal

This lime kiln is of significance as an important historic and social artifact, evidence of a vernacular craft and tradition that is now lost. It retains its original form and detailing and is typically set into the hillside.