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D 07442 Cults Lime Works/ Cults Hill Limestone Quarry. General view of of Cults Lime Works in the 1930s. View from W with the modern kilns on the left and the limestone hopper building to the right. The original 19th centruy stone-built limekiln is in the background. The standard gauge mineral railway is visible running through the works.
c. 1930
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D 07443 Cults Lime Works/ Cults Hill Limestone Quarry. general view c.1970 from the air of Cults Lime Works, the overbridge for the tramway that supplied the hopper building is till extant.
The original early 19th century stone-built limekiln is also visible.
c. 1970
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D 07444 Cults Lime Works, general view from the air c.1970,showing works and modern kilns with the hopper building and tramway overbridge still extant.
c. 1970
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C 74998 Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
Cults Lime Works, view from SE of limestone hopper building used to supply crushed limestone to the kilns. Built of brick and concrete with a recently installed corrugated iron roof, it was once connected by a bridge to the limestone quarry tramway system.
1997
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DC 40311 Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
RCAHMS Survey Data. 1:2500 scale film overlay of a draft EDM plot of Cults Limeworks and Quarry, Fife. The plot shows all features found by survey except those not depicted on the OS 1:2500 map (1963).
3/2/1997
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D 27417 Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
Elevated view from W (at middle level of shaft kilns) of E end of site, including workshops and offices, with old lime kiln (distant right, NO30NE 23.3)
3/4/1997
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D 27402 CN Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
Elevated view from E of lime works
3/4/1997
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D 27411 CN Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
General view from SE of W end of lime works, which includes limestone milling departments containing ball mills, hopper stores, grading, bagging and conveying equipment
3/4/1997
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D 27413 CN Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
View from SW of two shaft kilns, now no longer functioning, and used instead to store crushed limestone
3/4/1997
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D 27414 Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
View from S of central section of lime works, which includes a hammer mill and conveying equipment
3/4/1997
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D 27416 Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
View from SE of W end of lime works, which includes storage hoppers, and grading and conveying machinery
3/4/1997
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D 27418 Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
Elevated view from W (at middle level of shaft kilns) of E end of lime works, with vehicle stores in foreground, and associated brick works in background
3/4/1997
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D 27419 Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
View from NE at middle level of shaft kilns, showing the steel superstructure surrounding the kilns, and their riveted steel cladding
3/4/1997
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D 27420 Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
View from N at middle level of shaft kilns, showing the conveyor taking crushed limestone from the crusher into the former kilns for storage
3/4/1997
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D 27421 Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
View from N at middle level of shaft kilns, showing the conveyor taking crushed limestone to the former kilns for storage. The base of the crusher is visible, as is a surviving portion of one of the old conveyors used to charge the shaft kilns when they were in operation
3/4/1997
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D 27422 Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
Detailed view of middle level of shaft kilns, which were originally fired by gas produced at the site.
3/4/1997
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D 27423 Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
Elevated view from NE (at middle level of shaft kilns) of W end of lime works, showing part of dryer and hammer mill (left), and ball mills in background (centre)
3/4/1997
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D 27424 Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
Elevated view from SE of lime store (a former aircraft hangar, moved to the site after World War Two)
3/4/1997
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D 27425 Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
Detailed view of base of one of the shaft kilns, showing bottom of crushed lime storage hopper
3/4/1997
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D 27426 Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
Detailed view of base of one of the two shaft kilns, showing bottom of hopper and belt conveyor
3/4/1997
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D 27427 Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
View from W showing overhead conveyor from primary crusher (base visible to right) to former shaft kilns (now storage hoppers to left). The supporting strut for the conveyor is a surviving portion of one of the original conveyors supplying the shaft kilns
3/4/1997
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D 27429 CN Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
View from SW of two former shaft kilns, with stone drier in foreground
3/4/1997
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D 27430 Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
View from W of W end of lime works, showing road haulage vehicles in foreground, and dispatch hoppers in background
3/4/1997
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D 27431 Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
View from W along under side of dispatch hoppers
3/4/1997
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