Blackwoodridge quarries. Detail of S draw-arch of kiln-bank (NY 2454 7617).
C 41761
Description Blackwoodridge quarries. Detail of S draw-arch of kiln-bank (NY 2454 7617).
Date 11/4/1996
Collection Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
Catalogue Number C 41761
Category Photographs and Off-line Digital Images
Copies SC 383423
Scope and Content Blackwoodridge Quarries, limeworks, Dumfries and Galloway There are several outcrops of Carboniferous limestones at Blackwoodridge which have been quarried since at least the mid-19th century. A substantial stone-built kiln-bank still survives beside one of the quarries. Limestone was fired in kilns and this view shows a detail of the inside of one of the draw-arches. The resulting lime was spread on fields to improve the fertility of the agricultural ground. It was also used for building and industrial purposes. Evidence from old maps would suggest that extraction of limestone from quarries in south-west Scotland has taken place since at least the 17th century. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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