Monument record MDO879 - Lime kiln at Tatton Coppice,Chickerell

A lime kiln recorded as ‘limekiln’ on the second edition (1900-2) Ordnance Survey map. 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 could find no trace of the kiln structure. The site is visible as earthworks on aerial photographs taken in 1946.

A lime kiln recorded as ‘limekiln’ on the second edition (1900-2) Ordnance Survey map. 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 could find no trace of the kiln structure {1} . The site is visible as earthworks on aerial photographs taken in 1946 {2} and was digitally plotted during the South Dorset Ridgeway Mapping Project.

<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, 04-NOV-1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1821 6457-8 (Aerial Photograph). SDO12113.

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Sep 29 2010 10:38AM