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potash kiln, Water Yeat Bridge
locality:-   Water Yeat Bridge
civil parish:-   Broughton West (formerly Lancashire)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   potash kiln
coordinates:-   SD23809302 (approx) 
1Km square:-   SD2393
10Km square:-   SD29
stratigraphy:-   Coniston Limestone Series


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BTR01.jpg (taken 11.10.2010)  
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BTR02.jpg (taken 11.10.2010)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Lan 4 13) 
source data:-   Maps, 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.
"Old Limekiln"

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"POTASH KILN TO WEST OF WATER YEAT BRIDGE / / / DUNNERDALE WITH SEATHWAITE / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 75845 / SD2381793014"
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"Potash kiln. Probably C18. Stone rubble. Shallow round structure on sloping ground with rectangular fire hole, the soffit of which slopes down. shallow bowl within. A rare example of a type of kiln which went out of use c1800."

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