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limekiln, Crosthwaite and Lyth
locality:-   Hining Quarry
locality:-   Whitbarrow Scar
civil parish:-   Crosthwaite and Lyth (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   limekiln
coordinates:-   SD43518957
1Km square:-   SD4389
10Km square:-   SD48


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BQQ30.jpg (taken 29.5.2009)  
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BQQ31.jpg (taken 29.5.2009)  

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"LIMEKILN AT SD 435 895 / / / CROSTHWAITE AND LYTH / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 77091 / SD4351589563"
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"Limekiln. Probably C19. Dressed limestone. Square on plan. West fire hole has canted sides and lintels with iron beams. Charge hole filled in."

notes:-  
Built in dressed limestone, supported by iron beams, with a fire brick lining.

Hopkins, Tony & Corbett, Val: 2008 (?): Lime Kilns in the Lake District: Lake Distrist National Park Authority (Kendal, Cumbria)

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