Lime kilns

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today we were on the border between England and Wales, so I daresay we've been in a bit of each. There is a huge ring of 14 lime kilns with an enormous chimney near here, and we thought we'd go for a walk in that direction and have a look. The kilns are in a ring, and as they emptied the first one, they filled the last, so work went on day and night. Must have been fiery.

Also, there are inclined planes from the stone quarry to the kilns, and of course the canal to bring coal and take away the lime. It must have been very busy here once upon a time.

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Photos

bottoms up
Ineke hunting for cache number one.

workers
sculptures outside the kilns. I think it was tea break - or beer.

tramway
to bring the coal ready for tipping into the kiln. chimney prominent.

It might be a reindeer
in the distance, but it turned out to be an alpaca (I think)

five smaller kilns
further along

I think
there's a cache in there

and there was
but it took a while to find, it was well hidden

Comments

[Sheelagh]

What an interesting day you had! And to find a cache as well.....what a great bonus!