Lime kilns at Higher Kiln Quarry, Buckfastleigh
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Lime kilns at Higher Kiln Quarry, Buckfastleigh
Image: © Adrian Platt Taken: 20 Jan 2009
These lime kilns, here seen from below, used limestone from the adjacent quarries to produce lime for agricultural and building uses in the local area. Only one of the openings through which the kilns were loaded can now be seen above, by the buildings that are now the William Pengelly Cave Studies Centre.
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Image Location
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50.484842
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-3.772226