Old Cumbria Gazetteer - limekiln, Low Yewdale


included in:-	limekilns, Coniston Limestone Series
	limekiln, Low Yewdale
locality:-	Limestone How
locality:-	Yewdale
civil parish:-	Coniston (formerly Lancashire)
county:-	Cumbria
locality type:-	limekiln
locality type:-	Coniston limestone series
locality type:-	kiln
locality type:-	geological site
coordinates:-	SD30919887
1Km square:-	SD3098
10Km square:-	SD39
stratigraphy:-	Coniston Limestone Series

	BSJ63.jpg (taken 30.3.2010) BSJ65.jpg (taken 30.3.2010)

evidence:-	old map:- OS County Series (Lan 1)
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. "Limestone Quarry / Limekiln" below Limestone How

evidence:-	database:- Listed Buildings 2010
source data:-	courtesy of English Heritage "LIMEKILN / / A 593 / CONISTON / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 76792 / SD3091798835"
source data:-	courtesy of English Heritage "Limekiln. C18. Slate. Built into side of bank, with ramp and small quarry pit to rear. Round, slightly tapering form, with remains of projecting wall to left. Opening has corbelled arch and is splayed. Timber beam above, with slate dripcourse, probably indicates lean-to shelter. Roughly cylindrical shaft, partly blocked, open at top. A well preserved example."

	BSJ62.jpg (taken 30.3.2010) BSJ64.jpg (taken 30.3.2010)

notes:-	18th century kiln built in slate; using limestone in the Coniston Limestone Series rocks.
	Hopkins, Tony &Corbett, Val: 2008 (?): Lime Kilns in the Lake District: Lake Distrist National Park Authority (Kendal, Cumbria)

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