Monument record MDO2537 - Kiln on Waddon Hill, Stoke Abbott

The remains of a post medieval lime kiln are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs of the 1940s. The site was digitally plotted during the Marshwood Vale NMP.

The remains of a post medieval lime kiln are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs of the 1940s (1). The square structure measures around 7.5m across and is located on the south side of Waddon Hill on the edge of the Roman fort (MDO2531). The lime kiln is shown on the OS 1st Edition map (2), accessed by trackways from Stoke Knapp Farm, which are still in use (3). The lime kiln itself is no longer visible on the latest Google Earth imagery (3). The site was digitally plotted during the Marshwood Vale NMP.

<1> Royal Air Force, 11-APR-1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1075 FP 1082-3 (Aerial Photograph). SDO14843.

<2> Ordnance Survey, 1864, 1886, Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch one (Map). SDO10239.

<3> Google Earth, 2006, Google Earth vertical photograph (Aerial Photograph). SDO14562.

Record last edited

Oct 17 2016 12:48PM