NHER 15813 (Monument record) - Post medieval lime kiln

In pit west of road.
Site of lime kiln.
Marked on (S1), but not on (S2).
E. Rose (NAU) 29 February 1980.

Very big and very well preserved. Bell and air vents open.
Sample of brick taken.
Plans in file.
E. James (KLM) 23 January 1981.

Scrub cleared in 1990.
Good condition, wind blows in door and out of tuilieres.
Information from [1].

2000. Field Observation and Desk-based Assessment.
Site visited and considered as part of archaeological assessment of Holkham Estate.
Overgrown but in good condition. Almost inaccessible. Suggestion that site could be managed as a bat refuge.
See report (S3) for further details.
P. Watkins (HES), 28 April 2015.

This site is interesting in that the kiln vents are extended above ground, like chimneys. No other lime kiln has these so it is difficult to tell whether they have been destroyed or never had them in the first place.
Site is last noted on 25ins O.S. maps 1885. (S5)
NIAS records (S4)
W. Arnold (HES), 13 December 2010.