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| potash kiln, Colton | ||
| civil parish:- | Colton (formerly Lancashire) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | potash kiln | |
| coordinates:- | SD35939114 | |
| 1Km square:- | SD3591 | |
| 10Km square:- | SD39 | |
| references:- | Listed Buildings 2010 |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "POTASH KILN / / / COLTON / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 421447 / SD3593291141" |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "Potash kiln. Kiln recorded at this site in C16 and not later than c.1800. Stone rubble. Round structure built into slope of ground. Entrance to tunnel with roof sloping down to inside. Top overgrown and partly collapsed. A rare example of an early industrial structure, sometimes confused with limekilns. The potash industry collapsed c.1800." |
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