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 limekilns, Coniston Limestone Series
limekiln, Stockdale (2)
site name:-   Stockdale
civil parish:-   Longsleddale (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   limekiln
locality type:-   Coniston limestone series
locality type:-   kiln
locality type:-   geological site
coordinates:-   NY49140542
1Km square:-   NY4905
10Km square:-   NY40
stratigraphy:-   Coniston Limestone Series


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BQT36.jpg (taken 9.6.2009)  
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BIL13.jpg (taken 26.2.2004)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 27 7) 
source data:-   Maps, County Series maps of Great Britain, scales 6 and 25 inches to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, from about 1863 to 1948.
"Old Limekiln"
And a quarry immediately to the east. 
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BII52.jpg

evidence:-   map:- OS Six Inch (1956) 
source data:-   Map series, various editions with the national grid, scale about 6 inches to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, scale 1 to 10560 from 1950s to 1960s, then 1 to 10000 from 1960s to 2000s, superseded by print on demand from digital data.
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SINY4905.jpg
"Old Limekiln"

notes:-  
18th century kiln, using limestone from the Coniston Limestone Series which runs across Longsleddale about Tills Hole and Stockdlae.

Hopkins, Tony &Corbett, Val: 2008 (?): Lime Kilns in the Lake District: Lake Distrist National Park Authority (Kendal, Cumbria)


: 2009: Archaeology Data Service &ADS

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