| Summary : A Post Medieval lime kiln, visible as a ruined building, was mapped from aerial photographs taken in 1941 and 1999. Located on the top of the shingle of Bossington Beach, the stone-built lime kiln consists of one linear wall section, the southern wall aligned WSW-ENE parallel with the beach, 4.5 metres long and 0.6 metres thick. Aerial photographs taken in 1941 show that part of the west wall was extant at that time, but has subsequently collapsed. The lime kiln was still visible on aerial photographs taken in 1999. (2-3) |
More information : SS 89154 48345. The fragmentary remains of a lime kiln on the coast at Bossington Beach near Porlock.
This kiln has been built into the top of the N side of a steep shingle bank which skirts the beach. The remains consist principally of part of its SW wall corner. The slightly buttressed S wall, of roughly coursed beach pebbles, is 4m long, 0.5m to 0.7m thick and still stands some 1.5m high. The W wall, consisting of footings only, is 2m long and 0.5m thick. A step in these footings, 0.7m wide, may be modern to accommidate a footpath. Some 8m NE of this corner is a fragment of similar walling. The remainder of the kiln has collapsed down the bank and is no longer evident.
These are the remains of the westernmost of four kilns shown on an 1809 Bossington Estate map (a). They are depicted as unannotated open circles but appear in the apportionment as 'Lime Kiln' (sic). The kiln is also shown on the 1842 Tithe Map (b) as an unannotated rectangular building. (See SS 84 NE 51, 52 and 53.) It is shown on the 1889 OS map (c), though it is unannotated, so presumably it must have gone out of use by then.
Published Survey (d) correct. (1)
A Post Medieval lime kiln, visible as a ruined building, was mapped from aerial photographs taken in 1941 and 1999. Located on the top of the shingle of Bossington Beach at SS 8915 4834, the stone-built lime kiln consists of one linear wall section, the southern wall aligned WSW-ENE parallel with the beach, 4.5 metres long and 0.6 metres thick. Aerial photographs taken in 1941 show that part of the west wall was extant at that time, but has subsequently collapsed. The lime kiln was still visible on aerial photographs taken in 1999. (2-3)
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