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Redhills Limekilns, Dacre
Redhills Limekilns
locality:-   Red Hills
civil parish:-   Dacre (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   limekiln
coordinates:-   NY49752835 (about) 
1Km square:-   NY4928
10Km square:-   NY42
references:-   OS County Series


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BXL34.jpg (taken 5.10.2012)  
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BXL35.jpg (taken 5.10.2012)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 58 8) 
placename:-  Redhills Limekilns
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.
"Redhills Limekilns"

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
placename:-  Redhill Limekilns
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"REDHILL LIMEKILNS, 120 METRES SOUTH EAST OF SLAPESTONES ROUNDABOUT / / / DACRE / EDEN / CUMBRIA / II / 74013 / NY4977228332"
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"Limekiln block. Early to mid C19. Rubble limestone. Kiln block with two pairs of arched openings (2, perhaps 3 draw arches and one access tunnel), with 2 (perhaps 3) charging holes visible above, all blocked. Two of the lower openings are partially blocked, but those to the left contain the draw holes. Two low buttresses are later additions."

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