Harsondale lime kiln. Photo by Lancaster University Archaeological Unit.

Limekiln (disused). (1)

Limekiln in fair condition. Remains of stone hut on right side. Ramp to the back from quarry, waste in centre. Kiln has two pointed draw arches. One pot, lined with firebrick, empty. Sandstone. The fireholes have collapsed and gap visible between masonry and lining. (2)

The kiln is one of the finest and best preserved in the AONB. Two identical pointed arches, both 2m wide, 2.5m high. Both are of corbelled stone construction and each giving way to a single eye. Both eyes are collapsed. The kiln is of rough-coursed stone construction, standing to 4.5m and intact even to the edge-set capstones on the top of the façade. Sub-rectangular in plan, having rounded corners. Built into a slight slope, but largely an upstanding structure. South and north walls are badly cracked and bowing. Against the south wall stand the ruins of a small bothy or tool shed, about 2m square. The kiln is about 7m by 12m. The two arches are served by a single large oval pot, whose stone (not firebrick) lining survives intact. It is entirely empty, narrowing at the base. Pot is 4m x 2m, with the long side parallel to the arches. Access was from the sloping back of the kiln, from a track to the east. The south arch is partly buttressed on the south side. Immediately north of the north arch an iron chain is fixed into the wall, about 1.5m up; it is not known if this dates to its use as a kiln or later agricultural use. Evidence of repair to north and south walls, probably during the kiln's working lifetime. Recommend listing or scheduling. (3)

Lime kiln. (4a)

Marked as old quarry on 2nd edition mapping. (4b)

Probably Harson Dale Lime Kiln. It had a firebrick lining, two draw arches with two eyes per arch. (4c)