site of limekiln, Bossington, Holnicote Estate

Record ID:  115405 / MNA165228
Record type:  Monument
Protected Status: None Recorded
NT Property:  Holnicote Estate; South West
Civil Parish:  Porlock; West Somerset; Somerset
Grid Reference:  SS 8842 4802
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Summary

The site of an Post Medieval limekiln is marked on OS maps at Bossington Beach 1889 and 1903 1:2500 sheets, though no sign of the kiln is visible on the ground.

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Monument Types

  • LIME KILN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Description

the site of an old limekiln is marked on the 1962 OS 1:10560 map SS 94 NE, it is shown on the 1889 and 1903 1:2500 sheets. There is no sign of the building on the ground, and since Hurricane Lily in 1966[?] the shingle ridge has been very much altered.[1]

References

  • SNA65155 - Unpublished document: Isabel Richardson. 2007. Bossington Farm Archaeological Survey.

  • SZN48220 - Unpublished document: Isabel Richardson. 2001. Holnicote Estate Archaeological Survey, Somerset. 115405. [Mapped feature: #182577 1889 OS Map, ]

Designations

None Recorded

Other Statuses and References

  • HER/SMR Reference (External) (Exmoor NP HER): MEM15235
  • National Park (Exmoor)

Associated Events

  • ENA3149 - Field Survey, Archaeological Survey of the Holnicote Estate 2001
  • ENA6642 - Field Survey, Bossington Farm Archaeological Survey

Associated Finds

None Recorded

Related Records

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