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Hallsannery limekiln is a scheduled ancient monument located in Devon, England, representing industrial heritage from the post-medieval period. The kiln survives as a substantial stone structure, characteristic of the lime-burning installations that served the local agricultural and building trades across southwest England. Such kilns were essential to rural economies, processing locally quarried limestone into quicklime for use as agricultural fertiliser and mortar in construction. The Hallsannery example stands as evidence of the widespread lime-working industries that sustained Devon's communities from the medieval period onwards, with intensive activity particularly during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
Hallsannery limekiln is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1004578. View the official record →
Hallsannery limekiln is a scheduled ancient monument located in Devon, England, representing industrial heritage from the post-medieval period.
Hallsannery limekiln 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 1004578.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Iron Age enclosure and Roman marching camp (3.2 km), Cross ridge dyke on Godborough Castle earthwork NW of Turner's Wood (3.6 km), Berry Castle hillfort in Huntshaw Wood (4.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Hallsannery limekiln'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.
Hallsannery limekiln stands on Holsworthy Group, bedrock that formed in the Moscovian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.