Cults Hill Limestone Quarry
Limestone Quarry (19th Century)
Site Name Cults Hill Limestone Quarry
Classification Limestone Quarry (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Bunzion Lime Works
Canmore ID 125078
Site Number NO30NW 113.04
NGR NO 3433 0859
NGR Description Centred NO 3433 0859
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/125078
- Council Fife
- Parish Cults
- Former Region Fife
- Former District North East Fife
- Former County Fife
Field Visit (November 1996 - May 1997)
NO30NW 113.04 Centred 3433 0859
This section of the workings, which represents the former Bunzion Quarry, consists of an extensive spread of spoil heaps (many reworked) a number of clamp-kilns (NO 3439 0854 see NO30NW 113.07) and a series of tramways. The works associated with the quarry are described under NO30NW 113.05.
The OS Name Book notes that Bunzion Lime Works was 'an extensive lime works situated between the farms of Upper Bunzion and Lower Bunzion... property of the Earl of Glasgow'. (ONB 1856)
Visited by RCAHMS (DE) November 1996 and May 1997
