Archaeology Notes

Event ID 691937

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NO76NE 22 7822 6628 and 7815 6621

(Described with icehouse NO76NE 23). Limekilns, East Mathers, built c. 1750 and later. The much decayed remains of a single kiln and a pair of kilns, both stone-lined, and the more complete remains of a 3- or 4-drawkiln built of rubble with brick arch rings over the draw-holes.

J R Hume 1977

An enclosure with a lime kiln built into one corner is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Kincardineshire 1865-8, sheet xxvii) and on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1974).

Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 17 June 1999