Building record MAB8004 - GLEN ERNAN

The remains of a rectangular lime kiln stands at the end of an old track, on the north side of Sron Aonghais.

The remains of a rectangular lime kiln stands at the end of an old track, on the north side of Sron Aonghais. It is depicted on both the OS maps of 1867 and 1888. There are quarry pits to the south side of the track from where the lime was extracted. The kiln is constructed of limestone slabs and lime mortar rather than drystone, and the construction with a relief arch above the draw hole lintel, indicate it was built by a stonemason. It may have been built for the Edinglassie estate, perhaps to provide lime mortar for Edinglassie House. It measures 7.1 m by 4.6 m and is 2.8 m high. The draw-hole is 0.9 m high and 1.2 m wide, narrowing to about 0.8 m at a depth of 1.8 m. The small circular bowl is 1.6 m in diameter and has partly collapsed. To the immediate front left of the kiln, there is an infilled circular pit, perhaps used for slaking burnt lime,

CRUICKSHANK, K, 2004, THE LIMEKILNS OF UPPER DONSIDE: A FORGOTTEN HERITAGE, p. 47 (Bibliographic reference). SAB5358.

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