Cockbridge Farm, Limekiln
Lime Kiln (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Cockbridge Farm, Limekiln
Classification Lime Kiln (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Corgarff; Cock Bridge; River Don; Cock Burn
Canmore ID 119850
Site Number NJ20NE 33
NGR NJ 2585 0874
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/119850
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Strathdon
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Gordon
- Former County Aberdeenshire
Nothing is now visible of this limekiln, which is depicted on both the first and second editions of the OS six-inch map. It was destroyed during earthmoving operations when the Cock Bridge was replaced in 1991.
Text prepared by RCAHMS as part of the Accessing Scotland's Past project
NJ20NE 33 2585 0874
Lime Kiln [NAT]
OS 1:10,000 map, 1972.
Nothing is now visible of this limekiln which is depicted on both the 1st and 2nd editions of the OS 6-inch map (Aberdeenshire, sheet lxviii, 1869; sheet lxviii, 1902).
Visited by RCAHMS (JRS), 21 May 1997.
(Location cited as NJ 2585 0872). This limekiln was formerly situated at the foot of an NNE-facing slope in agricultural ground at an altitude of 400m OD. It was noted as being disused and beginning to deteriorate in February 1987, and was apparently destroyed during earthmoving operations during the course of the replacement of the Cock Bridge (NJ20NE 26) in 1991.
NMRS, MS/712/41, visited 29 July 1992.
