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Meal Bank Quarry Hoffmann kiln, quarry and lime works is a limestone quarry and industrial site located in Yorkshire, England, dating from the nineteenth century. The site comprises a Hoffmann kiln, a type of continuous lime kiln that represented an important technological advancement in lime production, alongside associated quarrying infrastructure. The Hoffmann kiln design, patented in the mid-nineteenth century, allowed for more efficient and economical lime burning than earlier intermittent kiln types, making it significant to the industrial archaeology of the region. The surviving structures and quarried landscape document the scale and methods of limestone extraction and processing during the Victorian period.
Meal Bank Quarry Hoffmann kiln, quarry and lime works is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1020889. View the official record →
Meal Bank Quarry Hoffmann kiln, quarry and lime works is a limestone quarry and industrial site located in Yorkshire, England, dating from the nineteenth century. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1020889.
Meal Bank Quarry Hoffmann kiln, quarry and lime works 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 1020889.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Settlement 440yds (400m) SW of Twistleton Hall (1.1 km), Yarlsber camp (1.6 km), Large univallate hillfort on Ingleborough Hill. (4.6 km).
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Meal Bank Quarry Hoffmann kiln, quarry and lime works stands on Dinantian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Mississippian. The rock here is limestone with subordinate sandstone and argillaceous rocks.