Side view of lime kiln 'B' at Hesley Well Farm. Photo by Lancaster University Archaeological Unit.


Partially collapsed lime kiln 'B' at Hesley Well Farm. Photo by Lancaster University Archaeological Unit.

The kiln stands just above the north east corner of a small wood, about 1km south of Hesley Well farm. It is a small field kiln of rough-coursed drystone construction, with a corbelled arch and a single collapsed eye. A poking hole is visible in the north side of the arch at 1.5m high. The north side of the kiln is intact, but the south has collapsed within the last five years. Stands to 2.2m height; built into the slope near small overgrown quarries to the south. The pot, though overgrown and infilled, is apparently round, 2m in diameter. A track runs north to south immediately below the kiln. (1)

Lime kiln. (2a)

Marked on 2nd editon OS map as an old quarry. (2b)

The remains of a post medieval lime kiln structure, with associated limestone quarry are visible as earthworks on air photographs and still extant on the latest 2002 vertical photography, centred at NY 7770 4935. (2c-d)