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| HER Number: | MDV14941 |
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| Name: | LIME KILN in the Parish of Kingskerswell |
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Summary
Stoneycombe limekiln at roadside on e side of stoneycombe. Situated on devonian limestone. Vis=17/4/1978 (gallant). Almost invisible beneath undergrowth. Features seen - fragment c.1.0m high of front wall of structure, a few courses of interior wall of antechamber and shallow depression behind it indicating location of furnace pit. Lower parts have been deliberately filled in and covered over and the original opening on to the road has been built up to match the hedgebank on either side and has obscured what remains of the kiln. Not marked on any ordnance survey map, or on tithe map. Nearest quarry is situated near the roadside c.150m further south. The quarry face now forms part of garden of brook cottage (built 1917).(worksheet).
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 864 669 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX86NE |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Kingskerswell |
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| District | Teignbridge |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | KINGSKERSWELL |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX86NE/101
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- LIME KILN (XVIII to XXI - 1751 AD to 2009 AD (Between))
Full description
BUILT 1917, Untitled Source (Report - Survey). SDV305807.
Stoneycombe limekiln at roadside on e side of stoneycombe. Situated on devonian limestone. Vis=17/4/1978 (gallant). Almost invisible beneath undergrowth. Features seen - fragment c.1.0m high of front wall of structure, a few courses of interior wall of antechamber and shallow depression behind it indicating location of furnace pit. Lower parts have been deliberately filled in and covered over and the original opening on to the road has been built up to match the hedgebank on either side and has obscured what remains of the kiln. Not marked on any ordnance survey map, or on tithe map. Nearest quarry is situated near the roadside c.150m further south. The quarry face now forms part of garden of brook cottage (built 1917).(worksheet).
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV305808.
Des=worksheet.
Exeter Archaeology, 2003, Archaeological Assessment of the Whilborough Common and Kerswell Down Area, Kingskerswell, 5 (Report - Assessment). SDV344573.
Other details: Figure 2, site 16.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV305807 | Report - Survey: BUILT 1917. |
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| SDV305808 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV344573 | Report - Assessment: Exeter Archaeology. 2003. Archaeological Assessment of the Whilborough Common and Kerswell Down Area, Kingskerswell. Exeter Archaeology Report. 03.15. A4 Stapled + Digital. 5. |
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Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV4687 - Archaeological Assessment of the Whilborough Common and Kerswell Down Area, Kingskerswell
| Date Last Edited: | Sep 30 2015 5:07PM |
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