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Brockham Lime Works is a complex of industrial structures comprising lime kilns and associated quarrying remains located near Brockham in Surrey. The site dates primarily to the nineteenth century, when it was developed to exploit the local chalk deposits for lime production, a process essential for building mortar and agricultural use. The works include the physical remains of kilns and evidence of the hearthstone mine that supplied raw material, representing the industrial archaeology of Victorian-era lime manufacture in the Weald. The site survives as a significant record of nineteenth-century extractive industry and the landscape modifications undertaken to support local and regional building trades.
Brockham Lime Works: lime kilns and hearthstone mine is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1021322. View the official record →
Brockham Lime Works is a complex of industrial structures comprising lime kilns and associated quarrying remains located near Brockham in Surrey. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1021322.
Brockham Lime Works: lime kilns and hearthstone mine is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1021322.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Betchworth Castle (1.2 km), Bowl barrow in The Glory Wood (3.6 km), Bowl barrow west of Flanchford Road: part of the Reigate Heath round barrow cemetery (3.9 km).
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