Old Pasture lime kiln, above Conistone
Historical Environment Record No:
MYD27394
Parish:
Conistone with Kilnsey
OS Grid Reference:
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Description
Old Pasture lime kiln, above Conistone MYD27394 (c) YDNPA, 2023
This lime kiln, sited on Old Pasture above Conistone was ideally situated to exploit the limestone outcrops all around it. A field lime kiln such as this one was built to burn limestone. The quicklime produced was then slaked with water to produce calcium hydroxide (slaked lime). This was mostly used to improve grassland by reducing the acidity of the soil, especially of intake land or reclaimed moorland during the enclosures of the 18th and 19th centuries. Slaked lime was also an important ingredient in making lime mortar.
Source:
Johnson, David (2002) Limestone Industries of the Yorkshire Dales. Stroud: Tempus