Lime Kilns, Hatches Green, Calstock, Cornwall, UK - Ovens and Kilns on Waymarking.com

This collection of lime kilns are situated just south of Hatches Green close to the River Tamar. The site is overgrown and has been filled in with rubble.
The use of lime as a manure was so extensive in the West of England, there is indeed scarcely an inlet or creek, either on the northern or southern coast that is not supplied with a lime-kiln; and when the stone is not found in the vicinity, vessels were employed to convey it from the lime-rock districts. The immense quarries at Oreston near Plymouth and the adjacent parts, supply the kilns on the whole range of the Tamar, Tavy, and St. Germains rivers, as well as some other districts.

Type of Oven / Kiln: Lime / Limestone Status: Historical Site Operating Dates: 1700/1800's Additional Coordinate: Not Listed Additional Coordinate Description: Not listed Website: Not listed

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Date Logged Log User Rating   11/10/2009 Brentorboxer visited it