Hillockhead, Limekiln
Lime Kiln (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Hillockhead, Limekiln
Classification Lime Kiln (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 106880
Site Number NJ30NE 9
NGR NJ 3830 0927
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/106880
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Strathdon
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Gordon
- Former County Aberdeenshire
This disused limekiln is situated between the farmsteadings of Balachailach and Hillockhead. It is well-preserved, despite having been unused for some time; it is depicted as an 'Old Limekiln' on the 2nd edition of the Ordnance Survey 6-inch map of Aberdeenshire (1902).
Text prepared by RCAHMS as part of the Accessing Scotland's Past project
NJ30NE 9 3830 0927
Lime Kiln (disused) [NAT]
OS 1:10,000 map, 1972.
The following site has been identified while checking maps held by Grampian Regional Council. Full information is held in GRC SMR.
NJ 383 092. Remains of a lime kiln.
Sponsor: Grampian Regional Council.
M Greig 1995.
This well-preserved limekiln has been set against a slope 70m SW of Hillockhead farmstead (NJ30NE 14) and measures 3.2m in height and 4.9m in diameter over walls 0.8m thick; the bowl has been infilled. The drawhole on the SE measures 2.2m in width by 1.95m in height at the mouth and 2.4m in depth. Additional support for the outer face of the kiln has been provided by a boulder revetment measuring up to 2.4m in thickness on either side of the draw-hole.
Visited by RCAHMS (RJCM, JRS), 31 July 1997.
