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Townhead lime kilns is an ancient monument comprising industrial lime production facilities located in Cumberland, England, dating to the post-medieval period. The site includes substantial remains of lime kilns associated with associated tramway infrastructure on Rusby Hill and Ladslack Hill, reflecting the commercial extraction and processing of limestone in the region. The tramway elements indicate a more sophisticated system of material transport than earlier industrial practices, consistent with developments in quarrying and lime production during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. These features together constitute a significant record of the lime industry's expansion during the industrial era and demonstrate the technological adaptations employed to move raw materials and finished products across difficult terrain.
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 →
Townhead lime kilns is an ancient monument comprising industrial lime production facilities located in Cumberland, England, dating to the post-medieval period. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1021108.
Townhead lime kilns and associated features including part of a tramway on Rusby Hill and Ladslack Hill 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 1021108.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Hanging Walls of Mark Anthony (2.4 km), Maiden Way Roman Road, Melmerby Fell from Bank Rigg northwards to Rowgill Burn (3.4 km), Silverband mine aerial ropeway, brake house and inclined plane (6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Townhead lime kilns and associated features including part of a tramway on Rusby Hill and Ladslack Hill'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.
Townhead lime kilns and associated features including part of a tramway on Rusby Hill and Ladslack Hill stands on Ordovician Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Ordovician. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.