Monument record MDO181 - Lime kiln on Coombe Down Hill, Beaminster

A limekiln recorded as ‘limekiln’ on the 1901 Ordnance Survey map. Samples have identified this kiln as burning Welsh culm – anthracite mixed with coal dust. It was visited in 1992-3 by Peter Stanier and found to be in bad condition with only 40-59% remaining. Ruined walls associated with the kiln are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs taken in 1947.

A limekiln recorded as ‘limekiln’ on the 1901 Ordnance Survey map. Samples have identified this kiln as burning Welsh culm – anthracite mixed with coal dust. It was visited in 1992-3 by Peter Stanier and found to be in bad condition with only 40-59% remaining.

Ruined walls associated with the kiln are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs taken in 1947 (2), they were digitally plotted during the Marshwood Vale NMP.

Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch one, Dorset XXIX.7 Surveyed: 1888, Published: 1889 (Map). SDO10239.

'Old Limekiln'

<1> Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, 1994, Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1993, 33-49 (Serial). SDO93.

<2> Royal Air Force, 11-APR-1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1974 3398-9 (Aerial Photograph). SDO14301.

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Aug 21 2025 10:59AM