Old Cumbria Gazetteer
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| place:- | limekiln, Low Yewdale | |
| locality:- | Limestone How | |
| locality:- | Low Yewdale | |
| parish |
Coniston parish, once in
Lancashire
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| county:- | Cumbria | |
| limekiln; kiln; geological site | ||
| coordinates:- |
SD30919887 | |
| 10Km square:- |
SD39
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| 1Km square | SD3098 | |
 limekiln, Low Yewdale -- Limestone How -- Low Yewdale -- Coniston -- Cumbria / -- 30.3.2010 | ||
 limekiln, Low Yewdale -- Limestone How -- Low Yewdale -- Coniston -- Cumbria / -- 30.3.2010 | ||
| old map:- |
OS County Series (Lan 1)
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| 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. | ||
| Limestone Quarry / Limekiln | ||
| below Limestone How | ||
| date:- | 1890=1899 | |
| period:- | 19th century, late; 1890s | |
| database:- |
Listed Buildings 2010
Listed Buildings 2010 | |
| courtesy of English Heritage | ||
| LIMEKILN / / A 593 / CONISTON / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 76792 / SD3091798835 | ||
| courtesy of English Heritage | ||
| Limekiln. C18. Slate. Built into side of bank, with ramp and small quarry pit to rear. Round, slightly tapering form, with remains of projecting wall to left. Opening has corbelled arch and is splayed. Timber beam above, with slate dripcourse, probably indicates lean-to shelter. Roughly cylindrical shaft, partly blocked, open at top. A well preserved example. | ||
| district:- | South Lakeland | |
| listed building | ||
| coordinates:- |
SD30919883 | |
| date:- | 2010 | |
| period:- | 2010s | |
| photographs | ||
| limekiln, Low Yewdale -- Limestone How -- Low Yewdale -- Coniston -- Cumbria / -- 30.3.2010 | |
| limekiln, Low Yewdale -- Limestone How -- Low Yewdale -- Coniston -- Cumbria / -- 30.3.2010 | |
| notes |
18th century kiln built in slate; using limestone in the
Coniston Limestone Series rocks.
Hopkins, Tony & Corbett, Val: 2008 (?): Lime Kilns in the Lake District: Lake Distrist National Park Authority (Kendal, Cumbria) | |
| Old Cumbria Gazetteer - JandMN: 2008 | ||
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