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Lime Kiln (19th Century) (1809)

Site Name Cults Hill Limestone Quarry

Classification Lime Kiln (19th Century) (1809)

Alternative Name(s) Cults Lime Works

Canmore ID 125090

Site Number NO30NE 23.03

NGR NO 3531 0892

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Cults Lime Works, view from NE of stone built, early 19th century limekiln. (datestone of 1807 not visible on photograph.)

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Cults Lime Works, view from NE of stone built, early 19th century limekiln. (datestone of 1807 not visible on photograph.)

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Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

1997

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Detailed view from E of mouth of pot of old lime kiln, with lime works visible in background

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Detailed view from E of mouth of pot of old lime kiln, with lime works visible in background

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Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

3/4/1997

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Detail of date plaque on E side of old lime kiln (1809)

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Detail of date plaque on E side of old lime kiln (1809)

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Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

3/4/1997

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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)

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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)

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Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

3/4/1997

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Cults Lime Works/Cults Hill Limestone Quarry. Detail view looking into the top of the stone built limekiln showing brick lined kiln.

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Cults Lime Works/Cults Hill Limestone Quarry. Detail view looking into the top of the stone built limekiln showing brick lined kiln.

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Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

1997

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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)

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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)

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Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

3/4/1997

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Cults Lime Works/Cults Hill Limestone Quarry. View looking into top of stone built kiln showing brick lining to kiln.

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Cults Lime Works/Cults Hill Limestone Quarry. View looking into top of stone built kiln showing brick lining to kiln.

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Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

1997

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Detailed view from E of mouth of pot of old lime kiln, with lime works visible in background

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Detailed view from E of mouth of pot of old lime kiln, with lime works visible in background

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Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

3/4/1997

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Detail of date plaque on E side of old lime kiln (1809)

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Detail of date plaque on E side of old lime kiln (1809)

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Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

3/4/1997

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Cults Lime Works/Cults Hill Limestone Quarry. View from S of the top of a stone built limekiln, showing brick lining and metal safety hood.

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Cults Lime Works/Cults Hill Limestone Quarry. View from S of the top of a stone built limekiln, showing brick lining and metal safety hood.

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Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

1997

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Cults Lime Works/Cults Hill Limestone Quarry. View from S of the top of the stone built limekiln, showing brick lining and metal safety hood.

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Cults Lime Works/Cults Hill Limestone Quarry. View from S of the top of the stone built limekiln, showing brick lining and metal safety hood.

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Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

1997

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General view from ENE of lime works from top of old lime kiln, with mouth of pot in foreground

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General view from ENE of lime works from top of old lime kiln, with mouth of pot in foreground

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Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

3/4/1997

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General view from ENE of lime works from top of old lime kiln, with mouth of pot in foreground

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General view from ENE of lime works from top of old lime kiln, with mouth of pot in foreground

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Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

3/4/1997

© Crown Copyright: HES

Cults Lime Works, view from NE of stone built, early 19th century limekiln. (datestone of 1807 not visible on photograph.)

Detailed view from E of mouth of pot of old lime kiln, with lime works visible in background

Detail of date plaque on E side of old lime kiln (1809)

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)

Cults Lime Works/Cults Hill Limestone Quarry. Detail view looking into the top of the stone built limekiln showing brick lined kiln.

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)

Cults Lime Works/Cults Hill Limestone Quarry. View looking into top of stone built kiln showing brick lining to kiln.

Detailed view from E of mouth of pot of old lime kiln, with lime works visible in background

Detail of date plaque on E side of old lime kiln (1809)

Cults Lime Works/Cults Hill Limestone Quarry. View from S of the top of a stone built limekiln, showing brick lining and metal safety hood.

Cults Lime Works/Cults Hill Limestone Quarry. View from S of the top of the stone built limekiln, showing brick lining and metal safety hood.

General view from ENE of lime works from top of old lime kiln, with mouth of pot in foreground

General view from ENE of lime works from top of old lime kiln, with mouth of pot in foreground

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Council Fife
Parish Cults
Former Region Fife
Former District North East Fife
Former County Fife

Activities

Field Visit (November 1996 - May 1997)

RCAHMS Special Survey, Cults Hill Limeworkings, Fife

NO30NE 23.03 3531 0892

This large stone built limekiln heavily overgrown with ivy, is situated immediately S of the administration buildings of the present works (NO30NE 23.01). There are at least three draw holes around the base and a brick-lined bowl is visible on the top. A datestone of 1809, set within a panel, now eroded, is just visible on the E side above a small draw arch. The kiln shows evidence of repair, but it is not known when this occurred. There is little trace of any of the tramways which led up on to the top as much of the area to the S has been cleared for limestone hard-core storage. The top of the kiln, however, does reveal lengths of steel tramway rails, a section which has been revealed on the W side by the erosion of the W side of the kiln. Two other lengths of tramway can be detected on the top of the kiln in deep moss and grass.

Visited by RCAHMS (DE) November 1996 and May 1997

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