Lime processing (close up of information board)
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Lime processing (close up of information board)
Image: © Kenneth Allen Taken: 24 Oct 2022
Men employed in large scale kilns were known as limeburners. They had the unenviable task of putting alternating layers of limestone and turf (peat) into the kiln; a process known as 'eekin'. Pictured here Image]
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