Limekiln In Disused Quarry, 170 Metres South Of Keenley Thorn Farmhouse

Description

This information is taken from the statutory List as it was in 2001 and may not be up to date.

NY 75 NE WEST ALLEN (detached no. 1) KEENLEY FELL

8/248 Limekiln in disused quarry, 170 metres south of Keenley Thorn Farmhouse II

Limekiln, probably mid C19. Squared rubble with brick. Twin segmental-headed drawing arches, each corbelled down to a pair of eyes divided by a brick pilaster, one- of each pair having a segmental brick arch, the other a lintel. Coped front wall, ramped down where the returns splay out before turning in again to flank a charging ramp. Oval pot.

A well-preserved example of a double kiln with charging ramp in a limestone quarry.

Listing NGR: NY7933556286

Content

This is part of the Series: IOE01/1722 IOE Records taken by Ben Robinson; within the Collection: IOE01 Images Of England

Rights

© Mr Ben Robinson. Source: Historic England Archive

This photograph was taken for the Images of England project