Monument record MDO43569 - Shillingstone Lime Works

Working lime works with early 20th century kilns ansd associated plant. The site was originally a small chalk pit with three small kilns, but these were replaced by a bank of five kilns between 1936-8, along with a hydration plant and a crusher installed in 1928.

Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, 1994, Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1993, 33049 (Serial). SDO93.

<1> English Heritage, 1997, Monuments Protection Programme, Step 3 report: Lime, Cement and Plaster, Dorset 1 (Unpublished document). SDO17766.

‘Working lime works with early 20th century kilns and associated plant. The site was originally a small chalk pit with three small kilns but was taken over in 1924, the present company being formed in 1931. The old kilns were replaced by a bank of five new ones, bult between 1936 to 1938, along with a hydration plant and a crusher installed in 1928. The works produced 1,000 tonnes of hydrated lime in 1993, in addition to 15,000 to 20,000 tonnes of crushed chalk. The works are still operational today. There are substantial remains.’

<2> National Record of the Historic Environment, 1465249 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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