Westburnhope lime kiln (Hexhamshire and District)
Limekiln, front stonework almost complete. One draw arch, corbelled and slightly pointed. One eye per arch. Constructed of mortared stone. (1)
A single-arch field kiln, mortared (possibly drystone originally). Small kiln, 5m square, built into hillside on north side of a burn. Partly collapsed, but the arch is intact. It is a good example of corbelled construction, with a large slab forming the roof; 2m high x 2.2m. The arch interior is corbelled and heat-reddened. The single eye has a lintel of a single piece of stone, with a very shallow arch carved into it. The pot is infilled so that its size and form are not clear, but the eye is intact and largely clear, suggesting that the pot base may survive intact. Both east and west corners of the kiln have collapsed. Lies in an area of quarries and trackways. (2)
Old lime kiln. (3a)
Probably Westburnhope Lime Kiln. It was of mortared stone construction, with one pot, one slightly pointed arch, with one eye. (3b)
A single-arch field kiln, mortared (possibly drystone originally). Small kiln, 5m square, built into hillside on north side of a burn. Partly collapsed, but the arch is intact. It is a good example of corbelled construction, with a large slab forming the roof; 2m high x 2.2m. The arch interior is corbelled and heat-reddened. The single eye has a lintel of a single piece of stone, with a very shallow arch carved into it. The pot is infilled so that its size and form are not clear, but the eye is intact and largely clear, suggesting that the pot base may survive intact. Both east and west corners of the kiln have collapsed. Lies in an area of quarries and trackways. (2)
Old lime kiln. (3a)
Probably Westburnhope Lime Kiln. It was of mortared stone construction, with one pot, one slightly pointed arch, with one eye. (3b)
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FIELD OBSERVATION, North Pennines AONB lime kiln survey 2000; LANCASTER UNIVERSITY ARCHAEOLOGICAL UNIT
FIELD SURVEY, RCHME: North Pennines Industrial Archaeology Project ; RCHME
FIELD SURVEY, RCHME: North Pennines Industrial Archaeology Project ; RCHME
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