Monument record MDO815 - Lime kiln at the Cement Factory, Charmouth

A lime kiln recorded as ‘limekiln’ on the first edition (QUERY date? Edition?) and second edition (1900-2) Ordnance Survey maps, but not on the 1928 revised map. The 1969 1:10,000 scale Ordnance Survey map shows a building at this location. The date of this kiln is not known but it is most likely to be late nineteenth century. The site was visited in 1992-93 by Peter Stanier, who recorded that little (10-39%) of the structure survived in fair condition. He suggested that this kiln probably had a pointed draw arch, and that the surviving traces were built of stone.

One of two lime kilns marked on the 1888 25-inch Ordnance Survey map behind the Charmouth Cement Factory. It was probably built as part of the cement factory in 1854. This kiln is marked as 'Limekiln' on the 1903 25-inch Ordnance Survey map. The site was visited in 1992-93 by Peter Stanier, who recorded that little (10-39%) of the kiln survived in a fair condition and that it probably had had a pointed draw arch. (1)

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Mar 17 2011 10:46AM