Pallion, Lime Kilns

HER Number

2787

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Pallion, Lime Kilns

Place

Pallion

Map Sheet

NZ35NE

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Chemical Industry Site

Site Type: Specific

Lime Kiln

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Lime Kilns are shown the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, on which they are marked as ‘Old’, so were probably out of use by 1855. The precise number of these kilns is unclear, but they may have been associated with a nearby quarry (HER ref. 2786).

Easting

437860

Northing

557770

Grid Reference

NZ437860557770

Sources

<< HER 2787 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 8