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Lime kilns

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December 13th 2013
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 ar ... read more

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Great Britain, the dominant industrial and maritime power of the 19th century, played a leading role in developing parliamentary democracy and in advancing literature and science. At its zenith, the British Empire stretched over one-fourth of the ear... ... read more