Small Kiln - Morwellham Quay, Devon UK - Ovens and Kilns on Waymarking.com

This small lime kiln it thought to have built around 1787 and worked up until 1857, by that time the centre of the village where the kiln is situated was congested with buildings and the canal inclined railway ran alongside the kiln, not the best place to burn lime, so the kiln fell into disrepair. The kiln was restored in the
1990’s.
Morwellham is a former mining village and the Quay for Tavistock. Morwellham Quay became a thriving port with minerals which were shipped out all over the world. It is now restored as a museum and visitor centre based around the historic port and mine workings on the River Tamar.
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: 1787 - 1857 Website: [Web Link] Additional Coordinate: Not Listed Additional Coordinate Description: Not listed

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