Raw Holdings, Limekilns View of N kiln, from S
SC 451743
Description Raw Holdings, Limekilns View of N kiln, from S
Date 5/10/1974
Collection Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
Catalogue Number SC 451743
Category On-line Digital Images
Scope and Content Limekilns, Raw Camps, Midlothian This is a large and varied group of kilns on either side of a shallow valley. On the north side is a range consisting of a small single-draw kiln with a large four-draw kiln built on to it. To the south are the decayed remains of three 4-draw kilns. This view shows the north range of kilns, with the old single-draw kiln on the left. The other one has a curved tunnel to give access to the side and rear drawholes. The central arch is a drawhole, and the flanking ones are the tunnel entrances. Kilns of this type had vertical shafts which were charged with lumps of limestone, mixed with coal. The coal burned, and the heat produced drove off carbon dioxide from the limestone, leaving quicklime, the saleable product. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
External Reference H74/245/16
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