Townhead lime kilns and associated features including part of a tramway on Rusby Hill and Ladslack Hill

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History & significance

Townhead lime kilns is a scheduled ancient monument comprising limestone processing installations and associated railway infrastructure located in Cumberland. The site includes substantial stone-built lime kilns of probable nineteenth-century date, together with remains of a tramway that served the kilns across Rusby Hill and Ladslack Hill, reflecting the industrial extraction and processing of limestone in the region during the post-medieval period. The tramway represents a significant example of industrial transport infrastructure developed to facilitate the movement of limestone and lime products from the quarrying and processing operations. The site demonstrates the character of small-scale industrial enterprise in upland Cumberland during the nineteenth century.

Townhead lime kilns and associated features including part of a tramway on Rusby Hill and Ladslack Hill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1021108. View the official record →

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