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potash kiln, Colton
civil parish:-   Colton (formerly Lancashire)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   potash kiln
coordinates:-   SD35939114
1Km square:-   SD3591
10Km square:-   SD39
references:-   Listed Buildings 2010

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"POTASH KILN / / / COLTON / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 421447 / SD3593291141"
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"Potash kiln. Kiln recorded at this site in C16 and not later than c.1800. Stone rubble. Round structure built into slope of ground. Entrance to tunnel with roof sloping down to inside. Top overgrown and partly collapsed. A rare example of an early industrial structure, sometimes confused with limekilns. The potash industry collapsed c.1800."

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