Description

SD 97 SE
11/91

KETTLEWELL WITH STARBOTTON
B6160
(west side)
Kettlewell
Knipe Scar Limekiln

II

Limekiln. Probably early C19, restored 1983. Limestone rubble. Square in
plan, terraced into the steep hill slope, approximately 5 metres wide and 4
metres high on the north side which has the extraction arch of roughly-
dressed voussoirs. Lime was in demand for the production of mortar or as a
fertiliser during the period 1750-1850. This example is situated below the
quarry where the stone was obtained, and the access from the present road
is clear; it is one of the few surviving limekilns of many hundreds built
prior to the large-scale lime production on the edge of the Dales in the
latter part of the C19. A. Raistrick, Old Yorkshire Dales, 1967, p78

Listing NGR: SD9685571726

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26603097

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Recommended Books

• 
  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
• 
  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
• 
  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)