Tag: limekiln
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An explore of the old lime kilns above Cobble Hall in Commondale
I was actually a little disappointed. The pair of entrances were obscured by a large hawthorn bush and protected by vicious nettles. So I settled for a general view of the quarry above the kilns overlooking lower Commondale. The kilns operated from 1817 to 1838 by Otley & Lightbody and exploited “a localised bed of…