Tom Cullach, Limekiln
Lime Kiln (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Tom Cullach, Limekiln
Classification Lime Kiln (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Tom Callach
Canmore ID 125967
Site Number NJ22NW 21
NGR NJ 2489 2982
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/125967
- Council Moray
- Parish Inveravon
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Moray
- Former County Banffshire
The remains of a disused limekiln are recorded on the 1972 Ordnance Survey 1:10000 map, situated about 750m north-east of the summit of Muckle Tomlair. The kiln probably dates to the nineteenth century.
Text prepared by RCAHMS as part of the Accessing Scotland's Past project
NJ22NW 21 2489 2982
Lime Kiln (disused) [NAT]
OS 1:10,000 map, 1972.
The remains of a lime kiln are situated on a moderate NW-facing slope at an altitude of about 370m OD.
NMRS, MS/712/28.
Field Visit (2009)
NJ 249 298
A series of lime quarries of various sizes survive as deep hollows throughout the wood and attest to the probable quarrying of lime before the erection of the impressive 19th-century lime kiln nearby.
C Shepherd 2009
Project (2009)
This project is part of the Forestry Commission's management strategy to recognise and safeguard sites in advance of timber operations that may be potentially damaging to the archaeological resource.
This historic landscape survey was undertaken at Morinsh.
C Shepherd 2009
