Fulwell Quarry, Lime Kiln

HER Number:
1757

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Fulwell Quarry, Lime Kiln

Place:
Fulwell

Map Sheet:
NZ36SE

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Kiln

Site Type: Specific:
Lime Kiln

General Period:
Post Medieval

Specific Period:
C18

Form of Evidence:
Structure

Description:
At Fulwell Quarry (HER ref. 2680), source of 'cannonball limestone' is a long range of very attractive lime kilns. There are three long oval kilns with three or four openings. The stonework, of magnesian limestone, has vertical recessed panels on the vertical face, one above each opening. The access openings have been partly concealed at their base by waste tipping, and the kilns probably date from the second half of the 18th century. [The ground level of the site has recently been raised, partly obscuring the features as described above]. Further lime kilns are at NZ 392 596 (HER ref. 2695).

Easting:
3857

Northing:
6004

Grid Reference:
NZ38576004

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 1757 >> Tyne and Wear Joint Conservation Team, 1975, Card Index of Industrial Sites First District Extract List - Sunderland Tyne and Wear Joint Conservation Team, 1975, Card Index of Industrial Sites