Upper Blairnain, Limekiln
Lime Kiln (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Upper Blairnain, Limekiln
Classification Lime Kiln (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 123930
Site Number NJ23NE 13
NGR NJ 2798 3865
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/123930
- Council Moray
- Parish Aberlour
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Moray
- Former County Banffshire
The 1975 Ordnance Survey 1:10,000 map records the remains of an 'old limekiln' situated about 100m south-east of Upper Blairnain steading. This limekiln appears to have been in use in the later nineteenth century, as it is recorded on the 1st edition of the Ordnance Survey 6-inch map of Banffshire (1872-4). It was probably associated with the steading and it would have been used to produce quantities of lime, used to make acidic soils suitable for cultivation. The kiln appears to have been disused by the last years of the nineteenth century, as it is not shown on the 2nd edition 6-inch map of Banffshire (1903-5).
Text prepared by RCAHMS as part of the Accessing Scotland's Past project
NJ23NE 13 2798 3865
Limekiln (disused) [NAT]
OS 1:10,000 map, 1975.
The remains of a lime kiln have been noted on the side of the Black Burn on a gentle NW-facing slope at an altitude of about 235m OD.
NMRS, MS/712/27.
