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Balnabroich, Limekiln
Lime Kiln (18th Century) - (19th Century)
Site Name Balnabroich, Limekiln
Classification Lime Kiln (18th Century) - (19th Century)
Canmore ID 27295
Site Number NO05NE 44
NGR NO 09868 57594
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/27295
- Council Perth And Kinross
- Parish Kirkmichael (Perth And Kinross)
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Perth And Kinross
- Former County Perthshire
NO05NE 44 0986 5759.
Situated at the upper edge of present pasture, and set into a SW facing slope there are the robbed remains of a lime-kiln measuring 6.3m in overall diameter by 1.4m in height; the bowl measures 2.1m in diameter by 1.1m in depth. On the SW side it has been robbed down to the top of the flue. The kiln is depicted on the OS 1st edition (1863, Sheet 41) and marked as a lime-kiln.
Visited by RCAHMS (JRS) 4 May 1987.
Measured Survey (1987)
RCAHMS surveyed the hut circles, field system and Pitcarmick-type buildings at Balnabroich in 1987 at a scale of 1:2500. The resultant plan was redrawn in ink and published at a scale of 1:5000 (RCAHMS 1990, Fig. 108A).
