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Foresthead lime kilns is a scheduled ancient monument comprising industrial structures associated with lime production and stone quarrying in Cumberland. The site includes the remains of lime kilns, quarry workings, and related buildings that served the local lime industry, likely dating from the post-medieval period onwards. The monument incorporates elements of the rail transportation system that was developed to facilitate the movement of quarried stone and processed lime, reflecting the industrial infrastructure of the nineteenth century. The site represents an important example of the extractive and processing industries that characterised rural industrial development in the region during this period.
Foresthead lime kilns, quarry, associated buildings and part of the rail transportation system is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1021017. View the official record →
Foresthead lime kilns is a scheduled ancient monument comprising industrial structures associated with lime production and stone quarrying in Cumberland.
Foresthead lime kilns, quarry, associated buildings and part of the rail transportation system 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 1021017.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including 19th century zinc spelter works and 20th century fume works at Tindale and the Great Battery - part of Lord Carlisle's rail system, 290m SW of Riggfoot Farm (3.8 km), Roachburn Colliery (4 km), Hallsteads Iron Age camp (4.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Foresthead lime kilns, quarry, associated buildings and part of the rail transportation system's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Foresthead lime kilns, quarry, associated buildings and part of the rail transportation system stands on Yoredale Group, bedrock that formed in the Bashkirian. The rock here is limestone with subordinate sandstone and argillaceous rocks.