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Hollandbush limekilns, located 100 metres west of Hollandbush in Stirlingshire, is a limekilns site protected as a scheduled monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM4117. The kilns exploited the proximity of carboniferous to Permian dolerite and tholeiitic basalt bedrock, an unnamed igneous intrusion that forms the underlying geology of the site. This dark volcanic stone would have been quarried locally and burned in the kilns to produce quicklime, a material essential for mortar, plaster and agricultural soil amendment throughout the post-medieval and industrial periods.
Limekilns of this type typically comprised a stone-built furnace with an arched firebox below and a loading chamber above, designed to reach the high temperatures required for limestone conversion. The Hollandbush site, positioned to exploit the natural dolerite and basalt exposed or easily accessible in the surrounding landscape, would have served local building and agricultural needs. The monument survives today as evidence of Stirlingshire's small-scale lime production industries.
The scheduled monument designation reflects the archaeological and historical importance of such industrial sites in understanding rural and urban development in Scotland. Though industrial in character, these structures provide insights into past manufacturing practices, local resource use and the landscape exploitation that characterised pre-industrial and industrial communities across central Scotland.
Hollandbush,limekilns 100m W of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM4117. View the official record →
Hollandbush limekilns, located 100 metres west of Hollandbush in Stirlingshire, is a limekilns site protected as a scheduled monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM4117.
Hollandbush,limekilns 100m W of is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic Environment Scotland — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Scotland. The official designation reference is SM4117.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Murrayshall Farm, dun 200m SE of (2.2 km), Wester Craigend, dun 300m W of (2.4 km), Sauchie Craig,fort,North Third Reservoir (3.8 km).
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Hollandbush,limekilns 100m W of stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Carboniferous To Permian, bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is dolerite and tholeiitic basalt.