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Lime Kiln(S) (19th Century)

Site Name Esperston Quarry, Limekilns

Classification Lime Kiln(S) (19th Century)

Canmore ID 53269

Site Number NT35NW 16

NGR NT 3419 5748

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Esperston Limekilns, view from NW

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Esperston Limekilns, view from NW

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4/6/1991

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View from NW.

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4/6/1991

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Detail of first draw arch from SW. end of kiln bank.

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Detail of first draw arch from SW. end of kiln bank.

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4/6/1991

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Detail of third draw arch from SW. end of kiln bank.

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Detail of third draw arch from SW. end of kiln bank.

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4/6/1991

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View from NE.

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4/6/1991

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Detail of second access arch from SW. end of kiln bank.

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Detail of second access arch from SW. end of kiln bank.

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4/6/1991

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Detail view of No.4 kiln.

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Detail view of No.4 kiln.

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4/6/1991

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Detail of first kiln from SW. end of kiln bank.

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Detail of first kiln from SW. end of kiln bank.

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Esperston Quarry, Limekilns
View from WNW showing S draw arch and NW front

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Esperston Quarry, Limekilns View from WNW showing S draw arch and NW front

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Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland

26/8/1976

© Copyright: HES (Reproduced courtesy of J R Hume)

Vertical aerial view. Also shows Esperton farmsteading and limestone quarries.

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Vertical aerial view. Also shows Esperton farmsteading and limestone quarries.

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Scottish Development Department: Commissioned Aerial Imagery

14/5/1992

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Esperston Quarry, Limekilns
View from W showing NW and SW fronts

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Esperston Quarry, Limekilns View from W showing NW and SW fronts

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Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland

26/8/1976

© Copyright: HES (Reproduced courtesy of J R Hume)

Esperston Quarry, Limekilns
View from WSW showing NW and SW fronts

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Esperston Quarry, Limekilns View from WSW showing NW and SW fronts

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Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland

26/8/1976

© Copyright: HES (Reproduced courtesy of J R Hume)

Esperston Quarry, Limekilns, NT35NW 16, Ordnance Survey index card, Recto

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Esperston Quarry, Limekilns, NT35NW 16, Ordnance Survey index card, Recto

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Records of the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, England

c. 1958

© Crown Copyright: HES (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division)

Detail of third draw arch from SW. end.

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Detail of third draw arch from SW. end.

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4/6/1991

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View of collapsed NE. end of kiln bank from W.

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View of collapsed NE. end of kiln bank from W.

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4/6/1991

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Detail view of No.4 kiln.

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Detail view of No.4 kiln.

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4/6/1991

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Detail of first kiln from SW. end of kiln bank.

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Detail of first kiln from SW. end of kiln bank.

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View of SW. end of kiln bank from SW.

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View of SW. end of kiln bank from SW.

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View of collapsed NE. end of kiln bank from W.

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View of collapsed NE. end of kiln bank from W.

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4/6/1991

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Detail of mouth of second kiln from SW. end of kiln bank.

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Detail of mouth of second kiln from SW. end of kiln bank.

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4/6/1991

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Esperston Limekilns, view from NW

Detail of first draw arch from SW. end of kiln bank.

Detail of third draw arch from SW. end of kiln bank.

Detail of second access arch from SW. end of kiln bank.

Detail view of No.4 kiln.

Detail of first kiln from SW. end of kiln bank.

Esperston Quarry, Limekilns
View from WNW showing S draw arch and NW front

Vertical aerial view. Also shows Esperton farmsteading and limestone quarries.

Esperston Quarry, Limekilns
View from W showing NW and SW fronts

Esperston Quarry, Limekilns
View from WSW showing NW and SW fronts

Esperston Quarry, Limekilns, NT35NW 16, Ordnance Survey index card, Recto

Detail of third draw arch from SW. end.

View of collapsed NE. end of kiln bank from W.

Detail view of No.4 kiln.

Detail of first kiln from SW. end of kiln bank.

View of SW. end of kiln bank from SW.

View of collapsed NE. end of kiln bank from W.

Detail of mouth of second kiln from SW. end of kiln bank.

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Administrative Areas

Council Midlothian
Parish Borthwick
Former Region Lothian
Former District Midlothian
Former County Midlothian

Archaeology Notes

NT35NW 16 3419 5748.

For railway that connected these kilns to the main railway, see NT35NW 36.

Descheduled.

Information from Historic Scotland, Certificate of Exclusion from Schedule dated 14 December 1999.

References

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Midlothian Historic Environment Record

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