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 limekilns, Coniston Limestone Series
limekiln, Stockdale
site name:-   Stockdale
civil parish:-   Longsleddale (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Westmorland
locality type:-   limekiln
locality type:-   Coniston limestone series
locality type:-   kiln
locality type:-   geological site
coordinates:-   NY49200550
1Km square:-   NY4905
10Km square:-   NY40
stratigraphy:-   Coniston Limestone Series

MN photo:-  
This is where the OS County Series maps show an 'Old limekiln'; the south side of the junction of a minor stream entering the Stockdale Beck (just below a waterfall). There is no obvious structure; it could just be hillside; but the fallen larch trees don't make it easy!

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BSC98.jpg (taken 8.2.2010)  
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BSC99.jpg (taken 8.2.2010)  

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.
"Limekiln"

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the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, scale 1 to 10560 from 1950s to 1960s, then 1 to 10000 from 1960s to 2000s, superseded by print on demand from digital data.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"

MN photo:-  
There is a structure at the junction of Brow Gill and the Stockdale Beck, about 50m N of the limekiln site, NY49200555. It is not clear what it was.

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BSB42.jpg (taken 3.2.2010)  
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BSB43.jpg (taken 3.2.2010)  

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