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Cults Lime Works

551 1/4/9/160

Description Cults Lime Works

Date 3/4/1997

Collection Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

Catalogue Number 551 1/4/9/160

Category All Other

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/collection/1494192

Collection Hierarchy - Sub-Group Level

Preview Category Catalogue Number Title Date Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images SC 1498738 Cults Hill Lime Works, Lime kiln: Ground plan and Section X-X1 9/2003 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images SC 1498740 Cults Hill Lime Works, Lime kiln: North elevation and Upper level plan 9/2008 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images SC 1494343 General view from ENE of lime works from top of old lime kiln, with mouth of pot in foreground 3/4/1997 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images SC 1494344 Detailed view from E of mouth of pot of old lime kiln, with lime works visible in background 3/4/1997 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images SC 1494345 Detail of date plaque on E side of old lime kiln (1809) 3/4/1997 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images SC 1494346 Elevated view from E of lime works 3/4/1997 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images SC 1494352 View from E of E side of former winding-engine house for rope-hauled tramway leading to limestone mine 3/4/1997 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images SC 1494353 View from S along path of rope-hauled tramway (from limestone mine) towards former winding-engine house, with tops of former shaft kilns just visible in background 3/4/1997 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images SC 1494354 View from SW of former winding-engine house for rope-hauled tramway from limestone mine, with electricity transformer (left) 3/4/1997 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images SC 1494355 Distant view from S of two shaft kilns, with E side of winding-engine house (left) 3/4/1997 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images SC 1494356 View from S looking into the receiving hopper of the primary crusher, with the two shaft kilns (and conveyor) in background 3/4/1997 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images SC 1494357 General view from SE of W end of lime works, which includes limestone milling departments containing ball mills, hopper stores, grading, bagging and conveying equipment 3/4/1997 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images SC 1494358 View from SW of two shaft kilns, now no longer functioning, and used instead to store crushed limestone 3/4/1997 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images SC 1494359 View from S of central section of lime works, which includes a hammer mill and conveying equipment 3/4/1997 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images SC 1494360 View from W of W side of former winding-engine house for rope-hauled tramway leading to limestone mine (with electricity transformer to right) 3/4/1997 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images SC 1494361 View from SE of W end of lime works, which includes storage hoppers, and grading and conveying machinery 3/4/1997 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images SC 1494362 Elevated view from W (at middle level of shaft kilns) of E end of site, including workshops and offices, with old lime kiln (distant right, NO30NE 23.3) 3/4/1997 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images SC 1494363 Elevated view from W (at middle level of shaft kilns) of E end of lime works, with vehicle stores in foreground, and associated brick works in background 3/4/1997 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images SC 1494364 View from NE at middle level of shaft kilns, showing the steel superstructure surrounding the kilns, and their riveted steel cladding 3/4/1997 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images SC 1494365 View from N at middle level of shaft kilns, showing the conveyor taking crushed limestone from the crusher into the former kilns for storage 3/4/1997 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images SC 1494366 View from N at middle level of shaft kilns, showing the conveyor taking crushed limestone to the former kilns for storage. The base of the crusher is visible, as is a surviving portion of one of the old conveyors used to charge the shaft kilns when they were in operation 3/4/1997 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images SC 1494367 Detailed view of middle level of shaft kilns, which were originally fired by gas produced at the site. 3/4/1997 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images SC 1494368 Elevated view from NE (at middle level of shaft kilns) of W end of lime works, showing part of dryer and hammer mill (left), and ball mills in background (centre) 3/4/1997 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images SC 1494369 Elevated view from SE of lime store (a former aircraft hangar, moved to the site after World War Two) 3/4/1997 Item Level

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