Lime Kilns
Lime kiln on Askham Fell in the Lake District, Cumbria.
Limestone was thrown into the top of these 18th-19th century kilns and burned to produce quicklime for farming and building.
Mill Gill Lime kiln, Askrigg, Wensleydale, Yorkshire Dales, North Yorkshire,
Aysgarth Falls Lime kiln. An unusual triple-arched lime kiln near the Upper Falls at Aysgarth in the Yorkshire Dales National Park, North Yorkshire.
Limekilns, built from the 17th to 19th centuries, were furnaces designed for the burning of limestone. This burning process produces quicklime which was used as agricultural fertiliser and for the production of building mortar. Kilns are set into the side of low hills so that carts could deliver and easily drop limestone and firewood into them. To prevent the kilns themselves from burning, they had to be lined with sandstone. It was a gruelling and dangerous job with many fatalities.
Beadnell Lime Kilns, Beadnell on the Northumberland Coast.
The three large industrial sandstone lime kilns were built in 1798. Each kiln has 3 large drawing arches.
Lime kiln in Riddings Wood, Casterton, Cumbria.
Lime kilns, built from the 17th to 19th centuries, were furnaces designed for the burning of limestone. This burning process produces quicklime which was used as agricultural fertiliser and for the production of building mortar. Kilns are set into the side of low hills so that carts could deliver and easily drop limestone and firewood into them. To prevent the kilns themselves from burning, they had to be lined with sandstone. It was a gruelling and dangerous job with many fatalities.
Two 18th century lime kilns south of Bullpot Farm on Casterton Fell, Casterton, Cumbria. SD 662 812.
A lime kiln on Southerscales Nature Reserve at Chapel-le-Dale in the Yorkshire Dales, North Yorkshire.
A cloud-covered Ingleborough can be seen in the distance.
Lime kiln on Flintergill, Dent, Cumbria.
Lime kilns, built from the 17th to 19th centuries, were furnaces designed for the burning of limestone. This burning process produces quicklime which was used as agricultural fertiliser and for the production of building mortar. Kilns are set into the side of low hills so that carts could deliver and easily drop limestone and firewood into them. To prevent the kilns themselves from burning, they had to be lined with sandstone. It was a gruelling and dangerous job with many fatalities.
Lime kiln and Lakeland fell ponies at Fell End near Ravenstonedale in Cumbria.
Spring Bank lime kiln, Grange over Sands, Cumbria.
Lime kilns, built from the 17th to 19th centuries, were furnaces designed for the burning of limestone. This burning process produces quicklime which was used as agricultural fertiliser and for the production of building mortar. Kilns are set into the side of low hills so that carts could deliver and easily drop limestone and firewood into them. To prevent the kilns themselves from burning, they had to be lined with sandstone. It was a gruelling and dangerous job with many fatalities.
One of two lime kilns in the hamlet of Hartendale near Shap in Cumbrra.
A lime kiln was a structure used to manufacture lime by burning limestone (calcium carbonate).
Greenside Lime kiln, Kendal in Cumbria.
Lime production started at Greenside in 1767 shortly after Kendal Fell Quarry opened, but was greatly expanded with the coming of the Lancaster Canal to the town in 1819..In 2009 this kiln was declared a scheduled ancient monument, and preserved to prevent dereliction.
Greenside Limekiln, Kendal in Cumbria.
This image shows the old openings at the top of the kiln, through which the limestone would have been dropped.
Looking down onto the Hoffmann Kiln at Langcliffe, Yorkshire Dales, North Yorkshire.
The Hoffmann Kiln, Langcliffe, North Yorkshire.
The kiln was built in 1873 at the old Craven Limeworks from a German design for the continuous burning of lime to make slake lime. The arched chambers were divided into sections which were stacked with blocks of limestone. Coal was dropped through holes in the roof and the fire moved from chamber to chamber in a six week cycle. The kiln was closed in 1939 and the chimney has since been demolished. This is the best example of a Hoffmann Kiln in the country.
Inside the Hoffmann Kiln, Langcliffe, North Yorkshire.
The kiln was built in 1873 at the old Craven Limeworks from a German design for the continuous burning of lime to make slake lime. The arched chambers were divided into sections which were stacked with blocks of limestone. Coal was dropped through holes in the roof and the fire moved from chamber to chamber in a six week cycle. The kiln was closed in 1939 and the chimney has since been demolished. This is the best example of a Hoffmann Kiln in the country.
Inside the Hoffmann Kiln, Langcliffe, North Yorkshire.
The kiln was built in 1873 at the old Craven Limeworks from a German design for the continuous burning of lime to make slake lime. The arched chambers were divided into sections which were stacked with blocks of limestone. Coal was dropped through holes in the roof and the fire moved from chamber to chamber in a six week cycle. The kiln was closed in 1939 and the chimney has since been demolished. This is the best example of a Hoffmann Kiln in the country.
Levens Lime kiln, beside the A590 at Levens in Cumbria
A 19th century kiln in good condition.
Knott Lane Limekiln, at the foot of Great Asby Scar at Raisbeck in the Yorkshire Dales National Park and the Eden District of Cumbria.
Swaledale sheep standing on the Raisbeck Limekiln, Raisbeck near Orton in the Eden District of Cumbria.
Limestone was burned in this well-preserved kiln to produce lime for agricultural fertiliser.
Raisgill Hall Lime kiln, Raisgill near Orton in the Eden District of Cumbriia.
Limestone was burned in this well-preserved kiln to produce lime for agricultural fertiliser.
Elder growing in the ruins of The Calamine House on Cobscar Rake, Redmire Moor, Wensleydale in the Yorkshire Dales, North Yorkshire.
This building was recorded as a smithy in 1762, then as The Calamine House in 1851.
The ruin is all that remains of Cobscar Calamine House where calamine (zinc carbonate ZnCO3) was processed from the Hemimorphite found in the nearby lead workings. Zinc minerals were first used commercially in 1794 when zinc carbonate began to be used in the brass industry.
Lead mining bell pits on Cobscar Rake, Redmire Moor in Wensleydale, the Yorkshire Dales National Park, North Yorkshire.
The lead mining bell pits are circular mounds of spoil surrounding the remains of lead extraction pits.
To the left of the pits are the remains of The Calamine House where calamine (zinc carbonate ZnCO3) was processed from the Hemimorphite found in these lead workings. Zinc minerals were first used commercially in 1794 when zinc carbonate began to be used in the brass industry. Cobscar Mill Chimney can be seen in the distance.
Cobscar Mill and Chimney on Redmire Moor, Wensleydale in the Yorkshire Dales National Park, North Yorkshire.
This early 18th century smelt mill was closed in the 1830s due to a depression in the lead markets. It was reopened by Lord Bolton in the 1840s, but ceased work around 1890. It remained largely intact until the 1940s when it was used as target practise by the army.
Cobscar Mill flue and chimney on Redmire Moor, Wensleydale in the Yorkshire Dales National Park, North Yorkshire.
This collapsed flue would have carried fumes away from the mill. Lead would have condensed on the inside of the flue wall which could then be collected and processed.
Cobscar Mill Chimney and remains of the lead smelt mill flue on Redmire Moor, Wensleydale in the Yorkshire Dales.
Old Gang Lead Mine spoil heaps and smelt mill on Melbecks Moor near Reeth in Swaledale, North Yorkshire.
Old Gang Smelt Mill near Reeth, Swaledale, Yorkshire Dales, North Yorkshire.
In the smelt mill, the ore pellets of limestone, often calcite and galena (lead) were heated in a furnace. The lead, with its low melting point could fairly quickly be separated, drained away and poured into moulds to make ingots of pure metal.
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Lime kiln, Shap in Cumbria.
Lime kilns, built from the 17th to 19th centuries, were furnaces designed for the burning of limestone. This burning process produces quicklime which was used as agricultural fertiliser and for the production of building mortar. Kilns are set into the side of low hills so that carts could deliver and easily drop limestone and firewood into them. To prevent the kilns themselves from burning, they had to be lined with sandstone. It was a gruelling and dangerous job with many fatalities.
Shap Beck Quarry, Shap in Cumbria.
Shap Beck Quarry produces crushed limestone which is converted into lime for the steel making industry at the Shap Fell lime processing plant.
Shapfell Lime Works at Shap in Cumbria.
Limestone from Shap Beck Quarry is used in these works for the large scale production of lime to be used in steel making. There are four Maerz kilns at Shapfell.
A view of Shapfell Lime Works from Hardendale Nab in Cumbria.
Limestone from Shap Beck Quarry is used in these works for the large scale production of lime to be used in steelmaking.
Large twin lime kilns in Smardale Gill, Cumbria, built beside the South Durham & Lancashire Union Railway for easy transport of lime to the iron and steel industries.
Swinner Gill Smelt Mill at the junction with East Grain Gill, Keld Swaledale in the Yorkshire Dales, North Yorkshire.
The smelt mill was operational from 1804-1819.
A well preserved lime kiln beneath Bracken Hill Quarry, Sykes at the foot of the Trough of Bowland, Lancashire.
Limekilns, built from the 17th to 19th centuries, were furnaces designed for the burning of limestone. This burning process produces quicklime which was used as agricultural fertiliser and for the production of building mortar. Kilns are set into the side of low hills so that carts could deliver and easily drop limestone and firewood into them. To prevent the kilns themselves from burning, they had to be lined with sandstone. It was a gruelling and dangerous job with many fatalities.
Crag Road Lime kiln, Warton in Lancashire.
This 19th century kiln was built next to a road to aid transportation. Crushed limestone was added to the kiln and burnt to produce quicklime for agriculture.
Catcrag Lime Kiln, Witherslack in Cumbria.
This early 19th century kiln was "constructed by the Wilkinson family, who were iron makers, after the Witherslack enclosure award of 1829, presumably to supply burnt lime for the improvement of land for agricultural improvement." Historic England.